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In Kinshasa, where the march had been authorized, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167454_marche_de_l_opposition_echauffourees_entre_manifestants_et_militants_de_l_udps_a_limete-click-video.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">clashes broke out in Limete</span></a> between protesters and youths identified as<a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1843551/politique/tshisekedi-nous-a-tendu-un-guet-apens-en-rdc-la-mobilisation-de-lopposition-degenere/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;"> </span></a><em><a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1843551/politique/tshisekedi-nous-a-tendu-un-guet-apens-en-rdc-la-mobilisation-de-lopposition-degenere/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Force du Progrès</span></a></em>, the youth wing of the ruling UPDS party (suspected of violent attacks during the <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66ad0be8ed0f4b24dda66a3a/t/6a2dae6b4b60020366cf259e/1781378667870/Kinshasa+Violence+Statement+June12_2026.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">12 June protest</span></a>). According to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-police-break-up-protests-against-proposed-constitutional-changes-2026-09-15/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Reuters witnesses</span></a>, both sides threw stones and brandished machetes before police fired tear gas and warning shots. Opposition party ADD Congo said a member of its security staff <a href="https://www.congoquotidien.com/2026/09/16/add-congo-enquete-deces-limete/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">died</span></a> following injuries sustained during the protest and called for an independent investigation. Government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya <a href="https://7sur7.cd/2026/09/16/incidents-la-marche-de-la-c64-lopposition-ne-doit-pas-imiter-les-methodes-du-rwanda-et" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">praised the police's ‘professionalism’</span></a> and accused the opposition of imitating the ‘methods of Rwanda and M23’.</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="">Throughout the country, police blocked or dispersed marches in <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/16/actualite/politique/la-police-empeche-la-marche-de-lopposition-contre-la-revision" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Matadi</span></a>, <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/15/actualite/politique/la-marche-de-la-c64-dispersee-coups-de-gaz-lacrymogenes-kananga" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Kananga</span></a>, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167466_tshopo_marche_de_l_opposition_dispersee_a_kisangani_important_deploiement_policier.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Kisangani</span></a>, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167465_kasai_la_marche_de_la_c64_dispersee_par_la_police_a_tshikapa.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Tshikapa</span></a>, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167462_kikwit_la_police_disperse_une_marche_de_la_c64_des_militants_interpelles.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Kikwit</span></a>, and <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167450_lubumbashi_la_police_empeche_la_marche_de_la_c64_et_interpelle_des_militants.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Lubumbashi</span></a>. Close to <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167471_haut_katanga_pres_de_70_arrestations_la_cndh_denonce_la_repression_de_la_marche_de_la_c64.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">70 people were arrested</span></a> in Haut-Katanga alone. Ahead of the march, <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/13/actualite/politique/la-coalition-c64-exige-la-liberation-de-12-de-ses-membres-arretes" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">12 C64 members were arrested</span></a> in Kindu, and Maniema province <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167478_maniema_les_manifestations_politiques_interdites_jusqu_au_30_septembre_pour_raisons_securitaires.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">banned all political demonstrations</span></a> until September 30th. Authorities in Kisangani and Gemena cited Ebola restrictions on public gatherings.</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="">Meanwhile, on September 13th, Tshisekedi signed an <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/14/actualite/politique/dialogue-national-felix-tshisekedi-cree-un-comite-dorganisation" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">ordinance creating a committee</span></a> to prepare the national dialogue. The committee operates under his direct authority: he appoints and can dismiss its coordinator, its members, and the 11 experts of its technical secretariat. The ordinance sets out no composition criteria, timeline, or themes for the dialogue, and church representatives are <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260914-rdc-f%C3%A9lix-tshisekedi-formalise-la-premi%C3%A8re-%C3%A9tape-vers-le-dialogue-national" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">not expected to sit on the committee</span></a>.</p></li></ul>
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Four weeks of escalating clashes between M23 and Wazalendo militias in Masisi's Katoyi and Osso-Banyungu sectors have <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/10/actualite/securite/au-moins-16-villages-vides-de-leurs-habitants-apres-des-affrontements" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">emptied at least 16 villages</span></a> and pushed civilians toward Walikale. M23 took <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/07/masisi-kazinga-son-tour-tombe-entre-les-mains-de-lafcm23-apres-de-violents-combats" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Kazinga and nearby villages</span></a> in early September and reinforced its positions toward Pinga. The FARDC responded with <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/09/rdc-face-la-progression-de-lafcm23-larmee-deploie-sa-force-aerienne-et-cible-des" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">air strikes on Malemo and Luola</span></a> on September 8th, a sign of the army's more direct involvement on a front where fighting had largely pitted M23 against the Wazalendo. FARDC and Wazalendo forces have since retaken <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/11/masisi-lagglomeration-de-mahanga-reprise-par-larmee-apres-trois-jours-de-combats" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Mahanga</span></a>, <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/14/walikale-larmee-controle-nouveau-le-centre-de-kibati-et-milonge-apres-les-affrontements" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Kibati and Milonge</span></a>, the strategic <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/15/masisi-la-colline-strategique-de-miko-ufamandu-1er-passe-sous-controle-des-fardc-et-des" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Miko hill</span></a>, and <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/16/walikale-egalement-larmee-accentue-la-pression-et-reprend-la-position-strategique-de" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Mindjendje</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="">In South Kivu's Fizi territory, bombardments and heavy weapons fire during clashes between AFC/M23–Twirwaneho and FARDC–Wazalendo forces <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/07/rdc-fizi-kanguli-masunga-et-nakiehele-se-vident-apres-de-nouveaux-affrontements-entre" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">emptied several villages</span></a> near Point Zéro. The FARDC said it had <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/16/actualite/securite/les-fardc-annoncent-avoir-neutralise-quatre-elements-presentes-comme" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">killed four men presented as Rwandan special forces</span></a> and that 14 M23 and Twirwaneho fighters had surrendered.</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 Uvira, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167495_uvira_sous_tension_des_tirs_eclatent_dans_plusieurs_quartiers_un_eleve_tue_par_balle.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">gunfire across several neighborhoods</span></a> on September 16th killed a primary school pupil. Local civil society linked the shooting to Wazalendo anger over the army's arrest of one of their members.</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 government <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/12/grand-katanga-le-spectre-mai-mai-ressurgit-mitwaba-et-malemba-nkulu-alerte-le" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">warned of a Mayi-Mayi resurgence</span></a> in Mitwaba (Haut-Katanga) and Malemba-Nkulu (Haut-Lomami).</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 Kwamouth, a Mobondo faction resisting disarmament <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/10/actualite/securite/des-miliciens-refractaires-au-desarmement-installent-de-nouveaux-chefs" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">installed its own customary chiefs</span></a>, showing the movement’s resilience in spite of large demobilization.</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 Haut-Uélé's Niangara territory, gunmen <a href="https://7sur7.cd/2026/09/07/haut-uele-7-civils-tues-par-des-hommes-armes-niangara" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">killed seven civilians</span></a> on September 4th; a local deputy attributed the attack to Séléka rebels from the Central African Republic.</p></li></ul>
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The council fears the abductions are forced recruitment.</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="">The chief of Kanune village in Walikale <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/14/walikale-le-chef-du-village-kanune-porte-disparu-apres-son-arrestation-presumee-par" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">remains missing</span></a> after M23 arrested him on accusations of collaborating with the 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="">Civil society in <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/16/actualite/societe/risque-de-crise-alimentaire-rutshuru-apres-la-destruction-de-dizaines" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Rutshuru</span></a> and <a href="https://x.com/michombero/status/2095020489907359863" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Masisi</span></a> reported the destruction of hundreds of hectares of banana plantations and forests by M23, and warned of food shortages.</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 Kalemie, ANR (National Intelligence Agency) agents <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/16/olpa-exige-la-liberation-de-deux-journalistes-kalemie" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">detained two Radio Ndenga News technicians</span></a> on September 14th after they refused to hand over the recording of a program discussing the C64 march.</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 Fizi, six civil society members were <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/08/28/fizi-liberation-de-six-acteurs-de-la-societe-civile-apres-14-jours-de-detention-uvira" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">released after 14 days in detention</span></a>; they had been arrested for denouncing extortion at FARDC checkpoints.</p></li></ul>
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The task force was originally due to start work in February but was delayed by administrative hurdles. At the same meeting, ministers approved a record $24.8 billion budget for 2027.</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="">Since the partnership with Washington, Kinshasa has been redirecting copper sales away from China. Offtake deals between state miner Gécamines and traders Mercuria and Glencore helped the share of copper exports going to the United States and Europe <a href="https://www.mining.com/web/congo-copper-exports-hit-record-levels-as-sales-to-us-and-europe-double/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">double in the first half of 2026</span></a>, and U.S. copper imports from the DRC <a href="https://x.com/DrJPPham/status/2097841813608427706" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">hit a record in July</span></a>, about 24% of American supply. 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À Kinshasa, où la marche avait été autorisée, des <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167454_marche_de_l_opposition_echauffourees_entre_manifestants_et_militants_de_l_udps_a_limete-click-video.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">affrontements ont éclaté à Limete</a> entre des manifestants et des jeunes identifiés comme appartenant à la <a href="https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1843551/politique/tshisekedi-nous-a-tendu-un-guet-apens-en-rdc-la-mobilisation-de-lopposition-degenere/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Force du Progrès</a>, la branche jeunesse du parti UPDS au pouvoir (soupçonnée d’avoir mené des attaques violentes lors de <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66ad0be8ed0f4b24dda66a3a/t/6a2dae6b4b60020366cf259e/1781378667870/Kinshasa+Violence+Statement+June12_2026.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">la manifestation du 12 juin</a>). Selon <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-police-break-up-protests-against-proposed-constitutional-changes-2026-09-15/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">des témoins cités par Reuters</a>, les deux camps ont lancé des pierres et brandi des machettes avant que la police ne fasse usage de gaz lacrymogène et ne tire des coups de semonce. Le parti d’opposition ADD Congo a déclaré <a href="https://www.congoquotidien.com/2026/09/16/add-congo-enquete-deces-limete/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">qu’un membre de son service de sécurité était mort</a> des suites de blessures subies pendant la manifestation et a demandé l’ouverture d’une enquête indépendante. Le porte-parole du gouvernement, Patrick Muyaya, a salué le « <a href="https://7sur7.cd/2026/09/16/incidents-la-marche-de-la-c64-lopposition-ne-doit-pas-imiter-les-methodes-du-rwanda-et" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">professionnalisme</a> » de la police et accusé l’opposition d’imiter les « méthodes du Rwanda et du M23 ». </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 tout le pays, la police a bloqué ou dispersé des marches à <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/16/actualite/politique/la-police-empeche-la-marche-de-lopposition-contre-la-revision" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Matadi</a>, <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/15/actualite/politique/la-marche-de-la-c64-dispersee-coups-de-gaz-lacrymogenes-kananga" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Kananga</a>, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167466_tshopo_marche_de_l_opposition_dispersee_a_kisangani_important_deploiement_policier.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Kisangani</a>, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167465_kasai_la_marche_de_la_c64_dispersee_par_la_police_a_tshikapa.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Tshikapa</a>, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167462_kikwit_la_police_disperse_une_marche_de_la_c64_des_militants_interpelles.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Kikwit</a> et <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167450_lubumbashi_la_police_empeche_la_marche_de_la_c64_et_interpelle_des_militants.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Lubumbashi</a>. Près de <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167471_haut_katanga_pres_de_70_arrestations_la_cndh_denonce_la_repression_de_la_marche_de_la_c64.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">70 personnes</a> ont été arrêtées dans le Haut-Katanga. Avant la marche, <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/13/actualite/politique/la-coalition-c64-exige-la-liberation-de-12-de-ses-membres-arretes" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">12 membres du C64 ont été arrêtés à Kindu</a>. La province du Maniema a, quant à elle, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167478_maniema_les_manifestations_politiques_interdites_jusqu_au_30_septembre_pour_raisons_securitaires.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">interdit toutes les manifestations politiques jusqu’au 30 septembre</a>. Les autorités de Kisangani et de Gemena ont invoqué les restrictions liées à Ebola concernant les rassemblements publics. </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="">Entre-temps, le 13 septembre, Tshisekedi a signé une ordonnance portant création <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/14/actualite/politique/dialogue-national-felix-tshisekedi-cree-un-comite-dorganisation" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">d’un comité chargé de préparer le dialogue national</a>. Le comité fonctionne sous son autorité directe : il nomme et peut révoquer son coordinateur, ses membres et les 11 experts de son secrétariat technique. L’ordonnance ne fixe aucun critère de composition, calendrier ou thème pour le dialogue, et les représentants des Églises ne <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260914-rdc-f%C3%A9lix-tshisekedi-formalise-la-premi%C3%A8re-%C3%A9tape-vers-le-dialogue-national" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">devraient pas siéger au sein du comité</a>.</p></li></ul>
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Quatre semaines d’affrontements croissants entre le M23 et les milices Wazalendo dans les secteurs de Katoyi et d’Osso-Banyungu, à Masisi, <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/10/actualite/securite/au-moins-16-villages-vides-de-leurs-habitants-apres-des-affrontements" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">ont vidé au moins 16 villages de leurs habitants</a> et poussé les civils vers Walikale. Le M23 a pris <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/07/masisi-kazinga-son-tour-tombe-entre-les-mains-de-lafcm23-apres-de-violents-combats" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Kazinga et les villages voisins début septembre</a> et a renforcé ses positions en direction de Pinga. Les FARDC ont riposté par des <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/09/rdc-face-la-progression-de-lafcm23-larmee-deploie-sa-force-aerienne-et-cible-des" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">frappes aériennes sur Malemo et Luola</a> le 8 septembre, signe de l’implication plus directe de l’armée sur un front où les combats opposaient principalement le M23 aux Wazalendo. Les forces des FARDC et des Wazalendo ont depuis repris <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/11/masisi-lagglomeration-de-mahanga-reprise-par-larmee-apres-trois-jours-de-combats" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Mahanga</a>, <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/14/walikale-larmee-controle-nouveau-le-centre-de-kibati-et-milonge-apres-les-affrontements" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Kibati et Milonge</a>, la colline stratégique de <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/15/masisi-la-colline-strategique-de-miko-ufamandu-1er-passe-sous-controle-des-fardc-et-des" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Miko</a>, ainsi que <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/16/walikale-egalement-larmee-accentue-la-pression-et-reprend-la-position-strategique-de" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Mindjendje</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="">Dans le territoire de Fizi, au Sud-Kivu, des bombardements et des tirs d’armes lourdes lors d’affrontements entre les forces AFC/M23–Twirwaneho et FARDC–Wazalendo ont <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/07/rdc-fizi-kanguli-masunga-et-nakiehele-se-vident-apres-de-nouveaux-affrontements-entre" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">vidé plusieurs villages près de Point Zéro</a>. Les FARDC ont déclaré avoir tué quatre hommes présentés comme des membres des <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/16/actualite/securite/les-fardc-annoncent-avoir-neutralise-quatre-elements-presentes-comme" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">forces spéciales rwandaises</a> et que 14 combattants du M23 et de Twirwaneho s’étaient rendus.</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="">À Uvira, <a href="https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-167495_uvira_sous_tension_des_tirs_eclatent_dans_plusieurs_quartiers_un_eleve_tue_par_balle.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">des tirs dans plusieurs quartiers</a> le 16 septembre ont tué un élève du primaire. La société civile locale a établi un lien entre ces tirs et la colère des Wazalendo après l’arrestation de l’un de leurs membres par l’armée.</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 gouvernement a mis en garde contre une <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/09/12/grand-katanga-le-spectre-mai-mai-ressurgit-mitwaba-et-malemba-nkulu-alerte-le" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">résurgence des Maï-Maï</a> à Mitwaba (Haut-Katanga) et à Malemba-Nkulu (Haut-Lomami).</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="">À Kwamouth, une faction Mobondo opposée au désarmement a <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/10/actualite/securite/des-miliciens-refractaires-au-desarmement-installent-de-nouveaux-chefs" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">installé ses propres chefs coutumiers</a>, témoignant de la résilience du mouvement malgré une importante démobilisation.</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 le territoire de Niangara, au Haut-Uélé, des hommes armés ont <a href="https://7sur7.cd/2026/09/07/haut-uele-7-civils-tues-par-des-hommes-armes-niangara" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">tué sept civils</a> le 4 septembre ; un député local a attribué l’attaque à des rebelles de la Séléka venus de République centrafricaine.<br></p></li></ul>
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La task force devait initialement commencer ses travaux en février, mais a été retardée par des obstacles administratifs. Lors de la même réunion, les ministres ont approuvé un budget record de 24,8 milliards de dollars pour 2027. </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="">Depuis le partenariat avec Washington, Kinshasa réoriente les ventes de cuivre au détriment de la Chine. Les accords d’enlèvement conclus entre le producteur public Gécamines et les négociants Mercuria et Glencore ont contribué à <a href="https://www.mining.com/web/congo-copper-exports-hit-record-levels-as-sales-to-us-and-europe-double/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">doubler la part des exportations de cuivre</a> destinées aux États-Unis et à l’Europe au premier semestre 2026, et les importations américaines de cuivre en provenance de RDC ont atteint un <a href="https://x.com/DrJPPham/status/2097841813608427706" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">record en juillet</a>, représentant environ 24 % de l’approvisionnement américain. Le cobalt, principal moyen de levier de Kinshasa sur l’offre mondiale, évolue dans le sens inverse. Les exportations ont <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/congo-copper-exports-hit-record-levels-as-sales-to-us-and-europe-double" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">diminué de 6,4 % </a>dans le cadre d’un quota plafonnant les expéditions à 96 600 tonnes par an, et en 2025 la RDC a exporté moins de la moitié des 100 015 tonnes qu’elle avait produites. En conséquence, le cuivre, un marché sur lequel la RDC pèse moins, devient central à la fois pour ses recettes d’exportation et pour son rapprochement avec Washington. Le maintien du blocus des transports maritimes via le détroit d’Ormuz a affecté la production de cuivre et de cobalt en raison de la <a href="https://silmarilmedia.com/article/hormuz-sulfuric-acid-copperbelt-copper-cobalt-crisis-2026" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">disponibilité limitée du diesel et de l’acide sulfurique</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="">Une nouvelle carte du “<a href="https://x.com/christiangeraud/status/2100093297611923766/photo/1" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">China Global South Project</a>” présente les corridors actualisés de transport des minerais en RDC et les acteurs impliqués dans la modernisation et le financement des infrastructures. </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="">IMPACT a publié sa <a href="https://impacttransform.org/knowledge-hub/publications/2026-2029-national-strategy-democratic-republic-of-congo/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Stratégie nationale 2026–2029 pour la RDC</a>, qui vise à placer les communautés au cœur de systèmes de gouvernance inclusifs, transparents et durables, afin de faire des ressources naturelles de la RDC un moteur de paix et de prospérité plutôt qu’une vulnérabilité. </p></li></ul>
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