DRC: Lucha demands Kabila renounce arms and calls on Tshisekedi to account

In a statement published in Lubumbashi on October 21, 2026, the citizen movement Lucha said the political deal between Joseph Kabila and Félix Tshisekedi after the 2018 elections sacrificed popular sovereignty. It warned that their current confrontation could deepen tensions, cause further deaths and displacement, and divide communities. Lucha condemned Kabila’s announced leadership of a new politico-military movement and called on him to renounce armed struggle. It also said his status as a former president does not exempt him from answering to justice for human rights violations committed during his time in power.