Likasi (Haut-Katanga): New police commander Paul Mwilambwe warns against any complicity with the FRN

Senior Commissioner Paul Mwilambwe Londe, the new urban commander of the Congolese National Police in Likasi, warned security forces against collusion with armed groups, including the AFC/M23, now called the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), and Bakata Katanga militiamen. During a parade on October 19, he said officers must remain loyal to legally established institutions and must not protect insurgents or help them infiltrate security services. He said intelligence services should take any suspected collusion seriously and threatened sanctions against officers found working with those he called enemies of the country. The warning comes amid increased security-force mobilization in the Grand Katanga region since the emergence of the FRN, led by former president Joseph Kabila.