UK links FRN to AFC/M23 in its sanctions regime
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mediacongo
The UK has listed the Front pour la Refondation de la Nation (FRN) as an alternative name for the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) in its sanctions list targeting DR Congo, through a Foreign Office update published on 12 November 2026. This measure does not constitute a new designation, as the AFC remains subject to an asset freeze, according to Mediacongo.
The UK has added the Front pour la Refondation de la Nation (FRN), an armed movement led by Joseph Kabila, to the names used to designate the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) within its sanctions framework against the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The change was published on 12 November by the Foreign Office in its entry on the AFC, referenced DRC0076, according to Mediacongo.
The FRN has not been subject to a separate new designation: it now appears as a variant of the AFC’s main name. The organisation remains subject to an asset freeze, among other measures. London also accuses the AFC of preventing M23 combatants from taking part in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration processes, according to the Foreign Office’s grounds for sanctions.
This British measure comes a day after the UN Security Council added Joseph Kabila’s FRN to the sanctions targeting the AFC in DR Congo on 12 November. The UN had also reported the same day the displacement of 1,500 households caused by fighting between the FARDC and the FRN in Walikale.
