Haut-Katanga: FARDC seize an arsenal at Mai-Mai camps

Author: actualite.cdPublished on: October 27, 2026Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Crime & LawPolitics

Haut-Katanga: FARDC seize an arsenal at Mai-Mai camps

The FARDC recovered about 20 weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, grenades, rockets, arrows, a generator and communications equipment from camps attributed to the Mai-Mai Bakata Katanga in Haut-Katanga. The commander of the FARDC’s 2nd Defense Zone presented the seized equipment to interim governor Martin Kazembe Shula on October 26. The operation comes amid persistent insecurity in Mitwaba territory, where Mai-Mai incursions and attacks have killed people, including 10 in the August 2026 attack at Kyubo Mamba.

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