DRC: MONUSCO meets leaders of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation

Author: AfricaNewsPublished on: November 3, 2026Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

PoliticsWorld / International

DRC: MONUSCO meets leaders of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation

MONUSCO chief James Swan met former Democratic Republic of the Congo president Joseph Kabila at his residence in Goma on Tuesday. Kabila leads the newly formed Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), a political and military coalition that includes former members of the Congo River Alliance, among them the M23, which controls large areas in eastern Congo. After the meeting, FRN vice-president Bertrand Bisimwa called MONUSCO’s 28-year record a total failure and said he would have preferred the mission’s mandate not to be renewed so its planned withdrawal could continue. Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia by a Congolese court last year for treason and war crimes.

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