Walikale: Fragile Calm in Kibati After Three Days of Fighting Between the FRN and the Army

A fragile calm has settled over Kibati, in the Luberike groupement of North Kivu, after three days of fighting between FRN rebels and the Congolese army (FARDC), supported by wazalendo fighters. Gunfire stopped Monday morning, but Kibati remains under FRN control and the security situation is still precarious. Residents of Busi, Ndurumo and Habula have taken refuge in the bush, and their return depends on how security develops. Occupied by the FRN for more than two years, Kibati is a strategic point on the Goma-Walikale road that the FARDC and wazalendo are seeking to retake.