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It’s unclear whether the withdrawal might have occurred as a result of the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rwanda-congo-agree-steps-de-escalate-tensions-washington-meeting-2026-03-19/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">March 17-18th meeting</span></a> hosted by Washington, in which <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/joint-statement-by-the-governments-of-the-united-states-of-america-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-the-republic-of-rwanda-on-advancing-the-washington-accords/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">both Rwanda and DRC agreed</span></a> on steps to implement the Washington Accords. M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka described the movements as ‘<a href="https://x.com/LawrenceKanyuka/status/2037994145567166671" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">normal strategic rotations</span></a>’. On March 30th, reports emerged of <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/03/31/actualite/securite/violents-combats-lubero-lafcm23-aurait-suspendu-son-retrait-partiel" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">M23 attempting to regain control of the villages it had vacated</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">On March 26th, the United Nations Security Council held a briefing on the situation in the DRC. The session was presided over by Massad Boulos, who <a href="https://usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-a-un-security-council-briefing-on-the-situation-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-3/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">delivered remarks on behalf of the United States</span></a> during which he reiterated the U.S. disappointment towards Rwanda. The planned vote on an amendment of the MONUSCO mandate did not take place.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Tensions are rising within the Banyamulenge diaspora in the United States, as the <a href="https://www.africaintelligence.com/central-africa/2023/01/16/from-texas-to-south-kivu-s-highlands-mahoro-peace-association-s-complex-channels-finance-militia,109902191-ge0" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">FBI-investigated Mahoro Peace Association</span></a> (MPA) has reportedly been <a href="https://x.com/MahoroMpa/status/2034405700928176529/photo/1" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">expelling members</span></a> who criticize its alleged ties to Rwanda (see <em>Domestic politics </em>section for more).</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1774283/politique/en-rdc-la-constitution-est-elle-lotage-des-ambitions-de-felix-tshisekedi/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">constitutional revision project</span></a> associated with Tshisekedi’s camp is once again at the heart of national debate and political turbulence. The proposal, which could allow an additional presidential term for Tshisekedi, has triggered renewed tensions following the resignation of the Senate Second Deputy President Modeste Bahati Lukwebo under <a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1776630/politique/demission-de-bahati-lukwebo-en-rdc-la-majorite-ne-tolere-pas-les-fausses-notes/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">pressure from Sacred Union parliamentarians</span></a> after he publicly questioned the necessity of constitutional change (see <em>Domestic politics</em> section for more).</p></li></ul>
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On March 29th, <a href="http://laprunellerdc.cd/kalehe-7-morts-et-20-blesses-lors-dune-attaque-armee-a-numbi/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Wazalendo killed 7 more civilians</span></a> and injured 15 in Shanje, also Kalehe territory.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 24th, residents of several localities of Mwenga territory (South Kivu) held a ‘dead city day’ during which schools and shops remained closed, in an act of protest against <a href="https://laprunellerdc.cd/sud-kivu-mwenga-paralyse-par-une-journee-ville-morte-contre-les-abus-des-militaires-et-wazalendo/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">abuses committed by state forces and Wazalendo</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">In Kamituga, a town in Mwenga territory, <a href="https://laprunellerdc.cd/sud-kivu-kamituga-et-mwenga-sous-le-choc-apres-une-vague-dexactions-attribuees-aux-wazalendo/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">several incidents involving Wazalendo</span></a> were reported on March 28th and 29th, during which a young child was killed.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;" class=""><em><strong>M23 rules by silencing; targets journalists, aid workers and youth</strong></em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">A newly-published <a href="https://rsf.org/en/rsf-investigation-drc-two-journalists-held-hostage-and-tortured-shipping-containers-m23" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Reporters Without Borders investigation</span></a> reveals that throughout 2025, M23 detained civilians, including journalists, for weeks at a time in shipping containers.&nbsp;</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 27th, before dawn, M23 <a href="https://lepotentiel.cd/2026/03/27/goma-des-operations-de-ratissage-du-m23-plongent-la-population-dans-la-psychose/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">arrested a large number of youths</span></a> across Goma, accusing them of banditry and/or collaboration with Wazalendo.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 29th, <a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/29/kalehe-arrestation-du-directeur-dune-radio-communautaire-par-les-rebelles-de-lafcm23" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">M23 arrested the director of a local community radio station in Minova</span></a> (Kalehe territory, South Kivu), after he commented on a possible withdrawal of M23 troops from the city.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 30th, M23 <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/31/kalembe-un-infirmier-et-un-volontaire-de-la-croix-rouge-arretes-et-blesses-par-les" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">assaulted and abducted two Red Cross workers</span></a> in Kalembe (Masisi, North Kivu), accusing them of collaborating with Wazalendo.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;" class=""><em><strong>Allied Democratic Forces expand their attacks in Mambasa territory (Ituri province)</strong></em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 19th, ADF rebels <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/03/21/actualite/securite/plus-de-10-morts-et-de-nombreux-disparus-dans-une-attaque-attribuee" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">attacked civilians in Nzaro village</span></a>, killing more than 10 and causing residents to flee to neighboring Haut-Uele province.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 28th, ADF rebels <a href="https://laprunellerdc.cd/ituri-pres-de-400-civils-enleves-sur-laxe-komanda-mambasa-la-terreur-replonge-la-region/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">abducted ‘at least’ 388 people</span></a>, mostly farmers, during several coordinated attacks in villages along the Komanda-Mambasa road (Ituri province).</p></li><li 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Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">A Turkish investor, Turhan Mildon, has <a href="https://www.africaintelligence.com/central-africa/2026/03/24/turkish-businessman-turhan-mildon-builds-drone-launch-base-in-kisangani,110686575-art" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">secured a contract to build a drone launch base for the Congolese military in Kisangani</span></a>, signalling that drone warfare, which has recently started becoming more significant in DRC, will likely only grow more prevalent.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 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serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">The UN Secretary General delivered his <a href="https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4107186?ln=en&amp;v=pdf" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">latest report on MONUSCO</span></a> to the UN Security Council on March 20.&nbsp;</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;" class=""><em><strong>North Kivu</strong></em></p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', 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Ugandan commander, Difenda Kasibanti</span></a>, in Lubero territory’s Bapere sector, during operations against the group.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">During the last week of March, M23 unexpectedly withdrew from a dozen localities in North Kivu’s Lubero province. It’s unclear whether the withdrawal might have occurred as a result of the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rwanda-congo-agree-steps-de-escalate-tensions-washington-meeting-2026-03-19/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">March 18-19th D.C. meeting</span></a> and U.S. pressure. M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka reported that&nbsp; the movements were due to ‘<a href="https://x.com/LawrenceKanyuka/status/2037994145567166671" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">normal strategic rotations</span></a>’.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;" class=""><em>Rutshuru</em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;" class="">On March 25th, an unidentified armed group <a href="https://laprunellerdc.cd/rutshuru-un-vehicule-des-eco-gardes-du-parc-national-des-virunga-attaque-a-ngwenda-un-tacheron-tue/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">targeted a vehicle belonging to Virunga National Park eco-guards</span></a> along the Kiwanja-Ishasha road. The attackers opened fire on the travelers. A day worker was killed and several rangers were wounded.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;" class=""><em>Masisi &amp; Walikale</em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 23th, M23 unsuccessfully attempted to recover <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/24/masisi-accalmie-fragile-kazinga-apres-la-tentative-dune-offensive-de-lafcm23" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Kazinga</span></a> (Masisi).</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 26th, <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/27/walikale-retrait-des-rebelles-de-lafcm23-de-mpety-minjenje-et-kanune" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">M23 withdrew from Mpeti and Minjenje</span></a> (Masisi territory), which were <a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/29/walikale-les-wazalendo-reinvestissent-mpety-apres-le-retrait-des-rebelles-de-lafcm23" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">promptly overtaken by Wazalendo</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">In Masisi territory, clashes remained ongoing. On March 29th, <a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/30/masisi-les-localites-de-humura-et-mukohwa-passent-sous-controle-de-lafcm23-apres-de" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">M23 overtook two localities</span></a>, Humura and Mukohwa. Other clashes took place <a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/29/masisi-violents-affrontements-entre-lafcm23-et-les-wazalendo-dans-le-secteur-dosso" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">near Kazinga and Ngululu</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">In Walikale territory, two days after their withdrawal from Kateku and Kanune (<a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/22/walikale-violents-affrontements-ce-dimanche-entre-afcm23-et-wazalendo-kanune" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">where a clash took place on March 22nd</span></a>), <a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/30/walikale-les-rebelles-de-lafcm23-sont-de-retour-kateku-et-kanune" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">M23 returned to the localities</span></a> on March 28th.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;" class=""><em><strong>South Kivu</strong></em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 26th, Wazalendo militants affiliated to self-proclaimed General Muswahili <a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/30/shabunda-deux-wazalendo-tues-et-huit-autres-arretes-dans-des-accrochages-avec-les-fardc" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">attacked a delegation led by the provincial minister of justice</span></a> in Shabunda. On March 29th, FARDC killed two Wazalendo and captured eight others in the town of Shabunda.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 27th, Twirwaneho militants allied with M23 <a href="https://x.com/HeritierBarak/status/2037939574983348300" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">clashed against Wazalendo in Iufunda</span></a> (Fizi territory). 7 Wazalendo were killed.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 30th, two Wazalendo units belonging to the same group led by William Yakutumba <a href="https://kivutimes.com/fizi-un-mort-et-trois-blesses-dans-un-affrontement-entre-factions-wazalendo-a-misisi/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">clashed against one another in Misisi</span></a> (Fizi territory), leading to one fatality.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Though some media reported on a possible <a href="https://election-net.com/article/est-de-la-rdc-le-m23-se-retire-aussi-de-minova" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">M23 withdrawal from Minova</span></a> (Kalehe territory) on March 28th, eyewitness accounts indicate that <a href="https://www.nouveaumedia.cd/sud-kivu-aucun-retrait-du-m23-a-minova-malgre-les-rumeurs/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">M23 fighters remain in the area</span></a> and no actual withdrawal has taken place.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;" class=""><em><strong>Ituri</strong></em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">FARDC have allegedly <a href="https://buniaactualite.cd/haut-uele-ituri-liberation-massive-dotages-apres-des-offensives-contre-les-adf/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">released more than 250 ADF hostages at the border of Ituri and Haut-Uele provinces</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">On March 23rd, <a href="https://buniaactualite.cd/ituri-offensive-des-fardc-a-muchacha-un-revers-pour-les-adf/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">FARDC recovered the Muchacha mining site</span></a>, which had been the site of <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/03/21/actualite/securite/environ-50-morts-lors-des-attaques-des-adf-mambasa-societe-civile" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">deadly ADF attacks between March 9th and 15th</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">ADF drones <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/25/rfo-larmee-renforce-les-ecogardes-apres-survol-des-drones-des-adf-sur-la-zone" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">flew over the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Mambasa territory</span></a> on March 18th and 19th, causing a FARDC reinforcement to be sent to the area.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;" class=""><em><strong>Conflict spreads to Haut Katanga province</strong></em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" 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      <h4 style="color:inherit;margin:1.414em 0 .5em;font-weight:400;line-height:1.25em;font-size:1.275em;mso-line-height-alt:1.275em;margin-top:0;font-family:'Andale Mono', 'Lucida Console', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Liberation Mono', Courier, monospace;letter-spacing:.04em;text-align:center;"><strong>REPORTING AND ANALYSIS</strong></h4><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">In <em><a href="https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2026/03/analysis-the-islamic-states-targeting-of-a-chinese-mine-in-congo-proves-the-group-is-a-resilient-threat.php" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">The Long War Journal</span></a></em>, Bridgeway Foundation analysts Caleb Weiss and Ryan O’Farrell argue that the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attack on the Chinese-owned Muchacha gold mine in Ituri province on March 11th is unprecedented in its movement, scale, and target. For Weiss and O’Farrell, this shows that the group has made significant advancements in its technological arsenal, and that similar attacks outside of the group’s usual area of operations could be ahead; and recommended renewed political attention and military efforts against ADF.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">An <a href="https://acleddata.com/report/enemy-my-enemy-my-friend-how-armed-group-alliances-are-shaping-battle-south-kivu" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">ACLED report</span></a> explores how dynamics have shifted in South Kivu since November 2025, with an increasingly diverse set of actors on the frontlines. As the AFC (Congo River Alliance), M23’s coalition, has brought together several Banyamulenge and Burundian rebel groups under its umbrella, including the Twirwaneho, Gumino and Mayi Mayi Android militias, it has been able to take over vast areas of South Kivu province, notably in the Fizi and Minembwe highlands. Conversely, lack of coordination and infighting between Wazalendo factions has weakened the Kinshasa-allied coalition, limiting its capacity to defend against AFC advances.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A <a href="https://cic.nyu.edu/resources/the-m23-a-fractious-entrenched-rebellion/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">new policy brief</a> from Congo Research Group aims to provide an understanding of the M23s internal dynamics, structure, and objectives, as well as its evolution over recent years.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">In&nbsp;<a href="https://egmontinstitute.be/us-sanctions-rwandan-defence-force-what-next/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">a commentary</span></a> published by the Egmont Institute, Erik Kennes gives a helpful overview of key Rwandan entities directly or indirectly affiliated with the RDF who might be affected by the U.S. sanctions.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Reporters Sans Frontieres has published an <a href="https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/medias/file/2026/03/RSF%20Report%20-%20What%20it%27s%20like%20to%20be%20a%20journalist%20in%20Africa%E2%80%99s%20Great%20Lakes%20region_0.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">extensive report</span></a> covering the dangers journalists face in the Great Lakes region, with a section specifically about the impact of the war on journalists in eastern DRC, notably the ways in which both M23 and Kinshasa attempt to control the media narrative, curtailing press freedom.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Two Human Rights Watch researchers traveled to Uvira in March 2026 and give their first accounts of the trip in <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/01/investigating-the-m23s-occupation-of-uvira-in-eastern-dr-congo" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">this interview</span></a>.</p></li></ul>
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Didier Budimbu, a minister in Suminwa’s government, stated during a meeting in Kasangulu that the DRC was headed ‘straight towards’ a third Tshisekedi term. Within the presidential coalition, opponents of the&nbsp; initiative <a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1774283/politique/en-rdc-la-constitution-est-elle-lotage-des-ambitions-de-felix-tshisekedi/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">have experienced exclusion</span></a> ; among them is Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, who on March 18th, <a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1775524/politique/rdc-modeste-bahati-lukwebo-jette-leponge-et-demissionne/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">announced his resignation</span></a> from his position as second deputy President of the Senate after facing <a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1776630/politique/demission-de-bahati-lukwebo-en-rdc-la-majorite-ne-tolere-pas-les-fausses-notes/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">pressure from Sacred Union parliamentarians</span></a>. Lukwebo asserted that&nbsp; the issue was not with the Constitution but with the “men in charge of applying it”. Meanwhile, the <a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1783800/politique/en-rdc-leglise-sera-t-elle-la-gardienne-de-la-constitution/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Catholic Church</span></a> and leading opposition figures, including <a href="https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2037466276138721767" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Moïse Katumbi</span></a>, have publicly voiced their opposition to the proposal. Denis Mukwege described the situation as a ‘<a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/23/rdc-dr-mukwege-denonce-la-purge-visant-les-parlementaires-qui-sopposent-au-projet-de" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">purge</span></a>’ targeting&nbsp; parliamentarians who oppose the project.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Tensions have been rising&nbsp; within the Banyamulenge diaspora in the United States, especially among members of the Mahoro Peace Association (MPA), a lobbying group currently <a href="https://www.africaintelligence.com/central-africa/2023/01/16/from-texas-to-south-kivu-s-highlands-mahoro-peace-association-s-complex-channels-finance-militia,109902191-ge0" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">under FBI investigation</span></a> and long accused of financing Banyamulenge community militias in South Kivu. In Mid-March, <a href="https://x.com/MahoroMpa/status/2034405700928176529/photo/1" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">the MPA excluded several members</span></a>, accusing them of defamation, disloyalty, and ‘undermining the collective interests of the Banyamulenge community’. One of the suspended members <a href="https://x.com/patrick_bagabo/status/2034690344143499692" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">characterized the MPA a Rwandan ‘puppet’</span></a> and suggested it had received orders from Kigali to purge members opposed to what he called a ‘proxy war’ and occupation. Two days later, <a href="https://x.com/patrick_bagabo/status/2035391121749110788" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">M23 abducted his mother in Bukavu</span></a>. Though she was released the following day, she was then <a href="https://x.com/patrick_bagabo/status/2038366520192217454" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">forcibly expelled from her home</span></a> by the rebels.&nbsp;</p></li></ul>
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On ignore si ce retrait est lié à la<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rwanda-congo-agree-steps-de-escalate-tensions-washington-meeting-2026-03-19/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">réunion du 17-18 mars</span></a> organisée à Washington, lors de laquelle<a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/joint-statement-by-the-governments-of-the-united-states-of-america-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-the-republic-of-rwanda-on-advancing-the-washington-accords/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">le Rwanda et la RDC ont convenu</span></a> de mesures pour mettre en œuvre les Accords de Washington. Le porte-parole du M23, Lawrence Kanyuka, a qualifié ces mouvements de «<a href="https://x.com/LawrenceKanyuka/status/2037994145567166671" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">rotations stratégiques normales</span></a> ». Le 30 mars, des rapports ont signalé que<a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/03/31/actualite/securite/violents-combats-lubero-lafcm23-aurait-suspendu-son-retrait-partiel" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">le M23 tenterait de reprendre le contrôle des villages dont il s'était retiré.&nbsp;</span></a></p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Le 26 mars, le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies a tenu une séance d'information sur la situation en RDC. 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Le 29 mars, des<a href="http://laprunellerdc.cd/kalehe-7-morts-et-20-blesses-lors-dune-attaque-armee-a-numbi/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Wazalendo ont tué 7 autres civils</span></a> et en ont blessé 15 à Shanje, également dans le territoire de Kalehe.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 24 mars, des habitants de plusieurs localités du territoire de Mwenga (Sud-Kivu) ont organisé une « journée ville morte » durant laquelle 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0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 30 mars, le M23 a<a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/31/kalembe-un-infirmier-et-un-volontaire-de-la-croix-rouge-arretes-et-blesses-par-les" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">agressé et enlevé deux personnels de la Croix-Rouge</span></a> à Kalembe (Masisi, Nord-Kivu), les accusant de collaborer avec les Wazalendo.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><em><strong>Les ADF multiplient leurs attaques dans le territoire de Mambasa (province de l'Ituri)</strong></em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 19 mars, des rebelles des ADF ont<a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/03/21/actualite/securite/plus-de-10-morts-et-de-nombreux-disparus-dans-une-attaque-attribuee" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">attaqué des civils dans le village de Nzaro</span></a>, tuant plus de 10 personnes et poussant les habitants à fuir vers la province voisine du Haut-Uele.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 28 mars, des rebelles des ADF ont<a href="https://laprunellerdc.cd/ituri-pres-de-400-civils-enleves-sur-laxe-komanda-mambasa-la-terreur-replonge-la-region/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">enlevé « au moins » 388 personnes</span></a>, pour la plupart des agriculteurs, lors de plusieurs attaques coordonnées dans des villages le long de la route Komanda-Mambasa (province de l'Ituri).</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 20 mars, des combattants ADF ont<a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/03/31/actualite/securite/deux-morts-et-des-civils-kidnappes-dans-une-attaque-des-adf-mambasa" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">tué deux civils</span></a> et en ont enlevé d'autres dans les villages de Makoko et Muchanga (territoire de 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Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Un investisseur turc, Turhan Mildon, a<a href="https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/drone-bases-and-defence-hubs-how-a-turkish-investor-is-shaping-drcongos-security/d31ve36" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> </a><a href="https://www.africaintelligence.com/central-africa/2026/03/24/turkish-businessman-turhan-mildon-builds-drone-launch-base-in-kisangani,110686575-art" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">obtenu un contrat pour construire une base de lancement de drones pour l'armée congolaise à Kisangani</span>.</a></p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 29 mars, les FARDC ont annoncé le lancement d'une<a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/29/accord-de-washington-les-fardc-lancent-la-traque-des-fdlr" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">opération de désarmement contre les FDLR</span></a>, qui sera conduite depuis Kisangani.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class="">Le Secrétaire général de l'ONU a transmis son<a href="https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4107186?ln=en&amp;v=pdf" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">dernier rapport sur la MONUSCO</span></a> au Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies le 20 mars.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><em><strong>Nord-Kivu</strong></em></p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><em>Lubero</em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Les FARDC ont déclaré avoir<a href="https://lepotentiel.cd/2026/03/24/nord-kivu-un-commandant-adf-et-ses-quatre-lieutenants-neutralises-par-larmee-a-lubero/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">neutralisé 4 combattants ADF et un commandant ougandais, Difenda Kasibanti</span></a>, dans le secteur Bapere du territoire de Lubero, lors des opérations contre le groupe.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Durant la dernière semaine de mars,<a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-162005_nord_kivu_l_armee_rwandaise_et_ses_suppletifs_rebelles_se_retirent_d_une_dizaine_de_localites.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">le M23 s'est retiré sans communications préalables d'une dizaine de localités dans la province du Nord-Kivu (territoire de Lubero)</span></a>. On ignore si ce retrait est lié à la<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rwanda-congo-agree-steps-de-escalate-tensions-washington-meeting-2026-03-19/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">réunion du 17-18 mars</span></a> organisée à Washington, lors de laquelle<a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/joint-statement-by-the-governments-of-the-united-states-of-america-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-the-republic-of-rwanda-on-advancing-the-washington-accords/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">le Rwanda et la RDC ont convenu</span></a> de mesures pour mettre en œuvre les Accords de Washington. Le porte-parole du M23, Lawrence Kanyuka, a qualifié ces mouvements de «<a href="https://x.com/LawrenceKanyuka/status/2037994145567166671" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">rotations stratégiques normales</span></a> ». Le 30 mars, des rapports ont signalé que<a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/03/31/actualite/securite/violents-combats-lubero-lafcm23-aurait-suspendu-son-retrait-partiel" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">le M23 tenterait de reprendre le contrôle des villages dont il s'était retiré</span></a>.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><em>Rutshuru</em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class="">Le 25 mars, un groupe armé non identifié a<a href="https://laprunellerdc.cd/rutshuru-un-vehicule-des-eco-gardes-du-parc-national-des-virunga-attaque-a-ngwenda-un-tacheron-tue/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">pris pour cible un véhicule des éco-gardes du Parc national des Virunga</span></a> sur la route Kiwanja-Ishasha. Les assaillants ont ouvert le feu sur les occupants du véhicule. Un journalier a été tué et plusieurs gardes ont été blessés.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><em>Masisi et Walikale</em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 23 mars, le M23 a tenté sans succès de reprendre<a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/24/masisi-accalmie-fragile-kazinga-apres-la-tentative-dune-offensive-de-lafcm23" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Kazinga</span></a> (Masisi).</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 26 mars,<a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/27/walikale-retrait-des-rebelles-de-lafcm23-de-mpety-minjenje-et-kanune" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">le M23 s'est retiré de Mpeti et Minjenje</span></a> (territoire de Masisi), localités<a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/29/walikale-les-wazalendo-reinvestissent-mpety-apres-le-retrait-des-rebelles-de-lafcm23" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">aussitôt reprises par les Wazalendo</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Dans le territoire de Masisi, les affrontements ont continué. Le 29 mars,<a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/30/masisi-les-localites-de-humura-et-mukohwa-passent-sous-controle-de-lafcm23-apres-de" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">le M23 a pris le contrôle de deux localités</span></a>, Humura et Mukohwa. D'autres combats ont eu lieu<a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/29/masisi-violents-affrontements-entre-lafcm23-et-les-wazalendo-dans-le-secteur-dosso" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">près de Kazinga et Ngululu</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class="">Dans le territoire de Walikale, deux jours après leur retrait de Kateku et Kanune (<a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/22/walikale-violents-affrontements-ce-dimanche-entre-afcm23-et-wazalendo-kanune" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">où un affrontement avait eu lieu le 22 mars</span></a>),<a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/30/walikale-les-rebelles-de-lafcm23-sont-de-retour-kateku-et-kanune" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">le M23 est retourné dans ces localités</span></a> le 28 mars.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><em>Sud-Kivu</em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 26 mars, des miliciens Wazalendo affiliés au général autoproclamé Muswahili ont<a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/03/30/shabunda-deux-wazalendo-tues-et-huit-autres-arretes-dans-des-accrochages-avec-les-fardc" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">attaqué une délégation provinciale conduite par le ministre provincial de la justice</span></a> à Shabunda. Le 29 mars, les FARDC ont tué deux Wazalendo et en ont capturé huit autres dans la ville de Shabunda.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 27 mars, des miliciens Twirwaneho alliés au M23 ont<a href="https://x.com/HeritierBarak/status/2037939574983348300" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">affronté les Wazalendo à Iufunda</span></a> (territoire de Fizi). 7 Wazalendo ont été tués.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="">Le 30 mars, deux unités de miliciens Wazalendo appartenant au même groupe dirigé par William Yakutumba<a href="https://kivutimes.com/fizi-un-mort-et-trois-blesses-dans-un-affrontement-entre-factions-wazalendo-a-misisi/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">se sont affrontées à Misisi</span></a> (territoire de Fizi), faisant un mort.</p></li><li 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!important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">des combattants du M23 sont toujours présents dans la zone</span></a> et qu'aucun retrait effectif n'a eu lieu.</p></li></ul><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><em>Ituri</em></p><ul data-rte-list="default" style="padding-left:25px;"><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal 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href="https://buniaactualite.cd/ituri-offensive-des-fardc-a-muchacha-un-revers-pour-les-adf/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">les FARDC ont repris le site minier de Muchacha</span></a>, qui avait été le théâtre d'<a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/03/21/actualite/securite/environ-50-morts-lors-des-attaques-des-adf-mambasa-societe-civile" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">attaques meurtrières des ADF entre le 9 et le 15 mars</span></a>.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus 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Pour Weiss et O'Farrell, cela témoigne de progrès significatifs dans l'arsenal technologique du groupe, et annonce de possibles attaques similaires en dehors de sa zone d'opérations habituelle ; ils appellent à un renouveau de l'attention politique et des efforts militaires contre les ADF.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Un<a href="https://acleddata.com/report/enemy-my-enemy-my-friend-how-armed-group-alliances-are-shaping-battle-south-kivu" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">rapport d’ACLED</span></a> explore comment les dynamiques ont évolué au Sud-Kivu depuis novembre 2025, avec un ensemble d'acteurs de plus en plus diversifié sur les lignes de front. L'AFC (Alliance Fleuve Congo), la coalition du M23, ayant rassemblé sous son égide plusieurs groupes rebelles banyamulenge et burundais, dont les Twirwaneho, Gumino et les milices Mayi-Mayi Android, a pu prendre le contrôle de vastes zones du Sud-Kivu, notamment dans les hauts plateaux de Fizi et Minembwe. À l'inverse, le manque de coordination et les dissensions internes entre factions Wazalendo ont affaibli la coalition alliée à Kinshasa, limitant sa capacité à résister aux avancées de l'AFC.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Une <a href="https://cic.nyu.edu/resources/the-m23-a-fractious-entrenched-rebellion/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">nouvelle note d'analyse du Congo Research Group</a> vise à faire comprendre les dynamiques internes, la structure et les objectifs du M23, ainsi que son évolution au cours des dernières années.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Dans<a href="https://egmontinstitute.be/us-sanctions-rwandan-defence-force-what-next/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">un commentaire</span></a> publié par l'Institut Egmont, Erik Kennes dresse un aperçu utile des principales entités rwandaises directement ou indirectement affiliées aux RDF qui pourraient être touchées par les sanctions américaines.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Reporters Sans Frontières a publié un<a href="https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/medias/file/2026/03/RSF%20Report%20-%20What%20it%27s%20like%20to%20be%20a%20journalist%20in%20Africa%E2%80%99s%20Great%20Lakes%20region_0.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">rapport détaillé</span></a> sur les dangers auxquels font face les journalistes dans la région des Grands Lacs, avec une section consacrée à l'impact de la guerre sur les journalistes de l'est de la RDC, et notamment aux moyens utilisés par le M23 et Kinshasa pour contrôler le récit médiatique, restreignant ainsi la liberté de la presse.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Deux chercheurs de Human Rights Watch se sont rendus à Uvira en mars 2026 et livrent leurs premiers témoignages du voyage dans<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/01/investigating-the-m23s-occupation-of-uvira-in-eastern-dr-congo" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">cet entretien</span></a>.</p></li></ul>
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Didier Budimbu, ministre du gouvernement Suminwa, a déclaré lors d'un meeting à Kasangulu que la RDC se dirigeait « tout droit » vers un troisième mandat de Tshisekedi. Au sein du camp présidentiel, ceux qui s'opposent au projet<a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1774283/politique/en-rdc-la-constitution-est-elle-lotage-des-ambitions-de-felix-tshisekedi/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">se retrouvent ostracisés</span></a>, à l'instar de Modeste Bahati Lukwebo qui, le 18 mars, a<a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1775524/politique/rdc-modeste-bahati-lukwebo-jette-leponge-et-demissionne/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">annoncé sa démission</span></a> de son poste de deuxième vice-président du Sénat, sous la<a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1776630/politique/demission-de-bahati-lukwebo-en-rdc-la-majorite-ne-tolere-pas-les-fausses-notes/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">pression de parlementaires de l'Union Sacrée</span></a>, après qu'il eut déclaré que le problème ne résidait pas dans la Constitution, mais dans les « hommes chargés de l'appliquer ». Par ailleurs,<a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1783800/politique/en-rdc-leglise-sera-t-elle-la-gardienne-de-la-constitution/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">l'Église catholique</span></a> et les principales figures de l'opposition, comme<a href="https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2037466276138721767" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Moïse Katumbi</span></a>, ont publiquement exprimé leur opposition au projet. Denis Mukwege a dénoncé une «<a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/03/23/rdc-dr-mukwege-denonce-la-purge-visant-les-parlementaires-qui-sopposent-au-projet-de" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">purge</span></a> » parmi les parlementaires opposés au projet.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align:justify;white-space:normal !important;" class="">Les tensions s'intensifient au sein de la diaspora banyamulenge aux États-Unis, notamment au sein de la Mahoro Peace Association (MPA), un groupe de lobbying&nbsp;<a href="https://www.africaintelligence.com/central-africa/2023/01/16/from-texas-to-south-kivu-s-highlands-mahoro-peace-association-s-complex-channels-finance-militia,109902191-ge0" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">sous enquête du FBI</span></a> et longtemps accusé de financer des milices communautaires banyamulenge au Sud-Kivu. 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