DRC: Government accuses Joseph Kabila of preparing a general offensive

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government accuses former president Joseph Kabila of preparing a broad offensive against the authorities in Kinshasa following his rapprochement with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group. Government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya told AFP that Kabila had decided to formalize a large-scale offensive and condemned the use of weapons to try to seize territory. On Monday, Kabila took the lead of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), a new politico-military organization allied with the M23. Muyaya dismissed the organization as a change of appearance, saying its actors, intentions and methods remain the same.