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This is the fourth round of American sanctions targeting Rwanda in the conflict, following sanctions against the RDF and four senior commanders on <a href="https://www.paema.ngo/campaigns/view-campaign/cekwuHyCUhRmYbgudpYEM5P2p1LYAR13NyRg1qpnToHOx7r8x4FXSSiJAt11QuwFM8WysJrR2lJh3ZxGZ2H251IO4AjP7UOg" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">March 2nd</span></a>, sanctions against Kabila on <a href="https://www.paema.ngo/campaigns/view-campaign/gNK4Hli4YmN3wGXZ9yay_hitokB2iI_W7Msa5Xdm-znLv1pxT1AeOHfTXjoGzYfyftFhYh_96Mrz-RwdizHdOgsojKdVMRY0" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">April 30</span></a>, and against Rwandan companies smuggling conflict minerals out of the DRC on <a href="https://www.paema.ngo/campaigns/view-campaign/cIPyO6aVcXQ6cWIofEN7bDB4aRaMeyud3j_YCS0DAQ83NLI-mnptgnGf35-lEJE6YDk1jmLLaWnztSHwfn7lOnkY6KlAdRuY" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">June 25</span></a>. The announcement came 5 days after the U.S. <a href="https://x.com/AsstSecStateAF/status/2115076383529410763" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">gathered military planners from the DRC and Rwanda in Germany</span></a> to finalize the Joint Security Coordination Mechanism (JSCM) Operations Order regarding FDLR neutralization and Rwandan disengagement (see ‘Peace processes’ 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 newly-created FRN (read <a href="https://www.paema.ngo/campaigns/view-campaign/hEv-wWNc7-OLzl2ZcF62_lbnX7F-_alhqySnv1yQPXHtZCznMXpeM4ibM73KHHqUmbZlrywtQLwpaV0n7EbcMqXpzbyE3uCj" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Monitor #37</span></a> for more details on the aims of the group), resulting from the Kabila-M23 alliance, has started attracting <a href="https://libregrandlac.com/rdc-le-general-francois-kamanzi-aurait-quitte-les-fardc-pour-rejoindre-la-rebellion-de-joseph-kabila/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">its first defections</span></a> from high-level FARDC officers. Fighting rages on in both North Kivu and South Kivu, with clashes reported <a href="https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2114696266030387616" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">10 kilometers from Uvira</span></a>, the town which M23 has said <a href="https://x.com/michombero/status/2110345357544574979" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">it wants to retake</span></a> following its <a href="https://www.paema.ngo/campaigns/view-campaign/BMXOFOCajPS1POVPvLS4WLwNCnR-pBrC--iL9V27fYUQ2P9sujVPY_AsrQTaRsYasq_aLdQ1dUpG_Dl3s5lrSYeg-ILJyxSR" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">withdrawal in January</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="">Gathered in Rome from 25 to 27 October, the opposition coalition C64 (which had gone quiet since its mobilization on <a href="https://www.paema.ngo/campaigns/view-campaign/pAOr5PdaTvrDgKanbQZPGqu8XyO-Q-wOuCzu-o82I9a9m8TO3K-zFRf4k09iv9s9XtFmAxV7QDClvPt8B9zKd7H-vYLnz00h" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">15 September</span></a>), <a href="https://x.com/Coalition_64/status/2115050511002980563" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">condemned</span></a> the National Assembly’s <a href="https://information.tv5monde.com/afrique/rd-congo-pourquoi-la-loi-sur-le-referendum-adoptee-sans-lopposition-fait-polemique-2842975" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">readoption of Tshisekedi’s referendum law</span></a> after thirteen articles flagged by the Constitutional Court were rewritten. Though it did not name Kabila and the FRN directly, the coalition also condemned “the resort to arms to seize power”, and reiterated its call for a national dialogue folding in the Doha governance protocols. Most strikingly, it offered to mediate directly between Tshisekedi and Kabila to find a “Congolese resolution” to the crisis.</p></li></ul>
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On October 25, Uganda’s Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi announced that<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/25/uganda-orders-21-day-ebola-quarantine-for-citizens-returning-from-dr-congo" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Uganda would require citizens returning after travel to the DRC to quarantine for 21 days</span></a>, betraying renewed concerns after Kampala had declared its outbreak ‘<a href="https://www.afro.who.int/countries/uganda/news/uganda-ends-ebola-outbreak-following-completion-42-day-countdown" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">over</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="">Meanwhile, the response in DRC continues to be hampered by community attacks against responders. On 24 October, a mob <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/26/attackers-kill-nurse-injure-health-worker-responding-to-drc-ebola-case" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">attacked Ebola healthcare workers</span></a> in the town of Bafwasende (Tshopo), accusing them of contaminating a local water source to spread Ebola. One nurse was killed and a teacher accused of collaborating with the nurses was also injured.<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/26/attackers-kill-nurse-injure-health-worker-responding-to-drc-ebola-case" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">&nbsp;</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="">The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) also <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/africa-cdc-says-over-700-million-ebola-response-funds-unaccounted-congo-2026-10-16/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">raised concerns</span></a> that of the $962 million disbursed to international organizations and NGOs for the Ebola response in the DRC, the spending of only $220M was reported to Kinshasa, who is responsible for coordinating the response, stressing the need for greater transparency and communication between response actors.</p></li></ul>
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On 15 October, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels <a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/10/16/mambasa-10-morts-dans-une-nouvelle-attaque-attribuee-aux-adf-dans-des-carres-miniers" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">killed 10 people</span></a> in several mining quarries in Babila Babombi chiefdom’s Bakaeko groupement. From 18-23 October, ADF <a href="https://election-net.com/article/ituri-un-terroriste-adf-tu-pr-s-de-teturi" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">abductions and attacks</span></a> triggered clashes with FARDC around<a href="https://beto.cd/mambasa-ituri-linzinza-teturi-fardc-repoussent-attaque-adf-deux-neutralises-deplacement-familles-etabe/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Teturi</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 Djugu, CODECO targeted returnees. On 17 October, CODECO <a href="https://buniaactualite.cd/ituri-deux-agriculteurs-enleves-puis-tues-a-djugu-par-la-milice-codeco/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">abducted 6 civilians</span></a> near Dhendro, and later killed at least 2 of them. On 25 October, the group killed ‘<a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/10/27/actualite/securite/plus-dune-dizaine-de-personnes-tuees-dans-des-attaques-attribuees-la" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">at least a dozen people</span></a>’ in villages along the shore of Lake Albert in Djugu, and on <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/10/28/actualite/securite/retour-au-calme-lodja-otse-et-bule-apres-des-attaques-attribuees-la" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">27 October</span></a>, fired shots in Lodja and Otse, localities where IDPs had recently returned. The same day, CRP militants <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/10/28/actualite/securite/retour-au-calme-lodja-otse-et-bule-apres-des-attaques-attribuees-la" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">attacked a FARDC position in Bule</span></a>.</p></li></ul><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em><strong>M23/FRN fighting in North and South Kivu, Uvira at risk once again</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;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 North Kivu, fighting remained concentrated in Masisi territory, with a <a href="https://x.com/michombero/status/2112885717202346211" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">few</span></a> <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/10/26/rutshuru-les-activites-champetres-paralysees-kabizo-et-katovu-apres-une-embuscade-contre" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">clashes</span></a> reported between Wazalendo and M23 in Rutshuru, where suspected M23 also ambushed and <a href="https://laprunellerdc.cd/nord-kivu-un-mort-et-deux-blesses-dans-une-attaque-attribuee-a-des-presumes-elements-du-m23-frn-pres-de-nyamilima/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">attacked ICCN workers</span></a> near Nyamilima, killing one and injuring two. In Walikale, FARDC/Wazalendo continued its push to regain territory over M23 and successfully <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/10/26/walikale-larmee-prend-le-controle-de-la-colline-strategique-de-rushihe-apres-des" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">overtook Rushihe</span></a>, near Katobo, on 24 October.&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;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="">Fighting rages on in South Kivu, with clashes reported <a href="https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2114696266030387616" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">10 kilometers from Uvira</span></a>, the town which M23 has said <a href="https://x.com/michombero/status/2110345357544574979" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">it wants to retake</span></a> following its <a href="https://www.paema.ngo/campaigns/view-campaign/BMXOFOCajPS1POVPvLS4WLwNCnR-pBrC--iL9V27fYUQ2P9sujVPY_AsrQTaRsYasq_aLdQ1dUpG_Dl3s5lrSYeg-ILJyxSR" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">withdrawal in January</span></a>. Heavy <a href="https://x.com/michombero/status/2114663613948457391" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">drone strikes</span></a> were reported and <a href="https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2112763864504766493" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">FARDC reinforcements</span></a> reached Uvira on 21 October, following a <a href="https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2112476356462129321" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">series of clashes</span></a> in the Bafuliro plain on 20 October.</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 21 October, Wazalendo <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/10/23/est-de-la-rdc-un-journaliste-et-deux-autres-voyageurs-tues-sur-la-route-bukavu-walikale" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">shot dead three civilians</span></a> who were traveling from Goma to Kisangani in an ambush in Kalehe.</p></li></ul><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em><strong>Mai-Ndombe</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;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="">Mobondo militants refractory to the Demobilization, Disarmament and Repatriation (DDR) process, under the leadership of self-proclaimed General Cobra, are still active in Kwamouth province, where they killed a local chief on <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/10/22/kwamouth-cinq-miliciens-mobondo-arretes-apres-un-assassinat-vanga" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">17 October</span></a>.</p></li></ul><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em><strong>National dynamics</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;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="">A FARDC General, military commander in Kongo-Central province, François Kamanzi, <a href="https://libregrandlac.com/rdc-le-general-francois-kamanzi-aurait-quitte-les-fardc-pour-rejoindre-la-rebellion-de-joseph-kabila/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">has defected to the FRN</span></a>. This is the first senior defection from the army to the movement, raising questions as to whether the Kabila-M23 alliance may be able to attract more disgruntled military corps within its ranks.</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="">Civil society organization <a href="https://x.com/luchardc/status/2112914001436766560" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">LUCHA put out a statement</span></a> condemning Kabila’s politico-military turn, and holding both Kabila and Tshisekedi to account, demanding a genuinely inclusive dialogue grounded in ‘popular sovereignty rather than elite power-sharing’.</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="">Belgian FM Maxime Prévot reacted to Kabila’s creation of the FRN, calling it ‘<a href="https://www.lesoir.be/778254/article/2026-10-21/deplorable-et-inacceptable-maxime-prevot-condamne-lalliance-entre-joseph-kabila" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">deplorable, incomprehensible and unacceptable</span></a>’, and saying it was ‘profoundly illegitimate’.</p></li></ul>
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The text now moves to the Senate before promulgation. The text would allow revisions of the Constitution by referendum, the instrument seemingly chosen by President Tshisekedi to facilitate a third term in power.</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="">Gathered in Rome from 25 to 27 October, the <a href="https://x.com/Coalition_64/status/2115050511002980563" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">opposition coalition C64 condemned the parliamentaries’ vote</span></a>, insisting no referendum law shall bypass the safeguards put in place by article 220 of the Constitution, on the number and length of presidential mandates. Though it did not name Kabila and the FRN directly, the coalition also condemned “the resort to arms to seize power”, and reiterated its call for a national dialogue folding in the Doha governance protocols. Most strikingly, it offered to mediate directly between Tshisekedi and Kabila to find a “Congolese resolution” to the crisis.</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 25 October, Prince Epenge, president of opposition party ADD (Action for Democracy and Development) Congo and C64 member, <a href="https://www.dw.com/fr/rdc-f%C3%A9lix-tshisekedi-prince-epenge/a-79773689" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">was arrested at the Kinshasa airport</span></a> as he was trying to travel to Rome for the C64 conclave. 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He was taken to the National Cyber Defense Council (CNC), an organization which Human Rights Watch has said the Congolese government uses ‘<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/10/dr-congo-enforced-disappearances-surge-in-kinshasa" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">as a proxy to carry out arrests and detention of political opponents on dubious grounds</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="">Meanwhile, the country’s religious mediators have gone quiet. The Congolese Catholic and Protestant federations, CENCO and ECC, who were highly involved in the mediation between Tshisekedi and the opposition and major actors in the country’s domestic politics have <a href="https://beto.cd/silence-cenco-ecc-frn-kabila-marche-c64-15-septembre-eglises-rdc/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">all but disappeared</span></a>, failing to comment on the mid-September C64 protests or the creation of the FRN, raising questions as to their current position.  </p></li></ul>
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Meanwhile, in Kolwezi, a regulatory crackdown sparked<a href="https://news.metal.com/newscontent/104171160-artisanal-miners-protest-for-two-consecutive-days-in-drcs-kolwezi-disrupting-copper-cobalt-trade-and-transport" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">violent protests by artisanal miners</span></a> from 19 to 26 October, disrupting copper-cobalt trade.</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 DRC and Zambia agreed to build the<a href="https://www.trafigura.com/news-and-insights/press-releases/2026/fis-rdc-enpower-trafigura-and-gridworks-join-forces-to-deliver-landmark-power-interconnector-to-supply-the-drc-s-copperbelt/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">Kalumbila–Kolwezi interconnector</span></a> to supply power to the DRC Copperbelt.</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="">Resource-frontier tensions widened: Congolese fishers in Kasenyi<a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/10/26/eacop-linquietude-de-pecheurs-congolais-de-kasenyi-apres-le-deplacement-force-de" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">voiced alarm over EACOP-linked forced displacement</span></a> around Lake Albert.</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 Africa Finance Corporation named a European-Turkish consortium — Italy’s Webuild, Portugal’s Mota-Engil and Turkey’s İçtaş — as preferred bidders to build Zambia’s<a href="https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/10/28/2026/africas-largest-ipo-closes" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">515-km stretch of the Lobito railway</span></a>, a U.S.-backed corridor to move copper and cobalt to Angola’s Atlantic coast and counter China’s grip on mineral exports. Construction could reach $5 billion; Washington says it has mobilized over $4 billion.</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="">A new <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/critical-minerals-in-africa_53e5f664-en.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">OECD policy paper on critical minerals in Africa</span></a> highlights the DRC’s role in the global mining economy, especially in the cobalt sector.</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="">At the recent Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Global Conference Oxfam announced, along with allies, they had submitted a shadow report for the DRC’s upcoming EITI Validation, asserting that <a href="https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/its-time-to-wake-the-sleeping-giant/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">existing rules must apply</span></a> to the new resource deals including the Strategic Partnership Agreement with the United States.<br><br>  </p></li></ul>
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L’annonce est intervenue cinq jours après que les États-Unis eurent <a href="https://x.com/AsstSecStateAF/status/2115076383529410763" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">réuni en Allemagne des planificateurs militaires de la RDC et du Rwanda</a> pour finaliser l’ordre d’opérations du Mécanisme conjoint de coordination sécuritaire (JSCM) portant sur la neutralisation des FDLR et le désengagement rwandais (voir la rubrique « Processus de paix »).</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 FRN, nouvellement créé (<a href="https://www.paema.ngo/campaigns/view-campaign/hEv-wWNc7-OLzl2ZcF62_lbnX7F-_alhqySnv1yQPXHtZCznMXpeM4ibM73KHHqUmbZlrywtQLwpaV0n7EbcMqXpzbyE3uCj" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">lire le Monitor #37</a> pour plus de détails sur les objectifs du groupe) et issu de l’alliance Kabila-M23, commence à attirer <a href="https://libregrandlac.com/rdc-le-general-francois-kamanzi-aurait-quitte-les-fardc-pour-rejoindre-la-rebellion-de-joseph-kabila/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">ses premières défections</a> parmi des officiers supérieurs des FARDC. 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Sans nommer directement Kabila ni le FRN, la coalition a également condamné « le recours aux armes pour conquérir le pouvoir » et réitéré son appel à un dialogue national intégrant les protocoles de gouvernance de Doha. Fait notable, elle a proposé de jouer les médiateurs directs entre Tshisekedi et Kabila pour trouver une « issue congolaise » à la crise.</p></li></ul>
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Le 15 octobre, des rebelles des Forces démocratiques alliées (ADF) ont <a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/10/16/mambasa-10-morts-dans-une-nouvelle-attaque-attribuee-aux-adf-dans-des-carres-miniers" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">tué dix personnes</a> dans plusieurs carrés miniers du groupement Bakaeko, dans la chefferie de Babila Babombi. Du 18 au 23 octobre, des <a href="https://election-net.com/article/ituri-un-terroriste-adf-tu-pr-s-de-teturi" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">enlèvements et attaques</a> des ADF ont déclenché des affrontements avec les FARDC autour de <a href="https://beto.cd/mambasa-ituri-linzinza-teturi-fardc-repoussent-attaque-adf-deux-neutralises-deplacement-familles-etabe/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">Teturi</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:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class="">À Djugu, la CODECO a visé des retournés. Le 17 octobre, la CODECO a <a href="https://buniaactualite.cd/ituri-deux-agriculteurs-enleves-puis-tues-a-djugu-par-la-milice-codeco/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">enlevé six civils</a> près de Dhendro, avant d’en tuer au moins deux. Le 25 octobre, le groupe a tué « <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/10/27/actualite/securite/plus-dune-dizaine-de-personnes-tuees-dans-des-attaques-attribuees-la" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">au moins une dizaine de personnes</a> » dans des villages situés sur les rives du lac Albert, à Djugu, et le <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/10/28/actualite/securite/retour-au-calme-lodja-otse-et-bule-apres-des-attaques-attribuees-la" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">27 octobre</a>, a tiré à Lodja et Otse, des localités où des déplacés venaient de rentrer. Le même jour, des miliciens de la CRP ont <a href="https://www.radiookapi.net/2026/10/28/actualite/securite/retour-au-calme-lodja-otse-et-bule-apres-des-attaques-attribuees-la" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">attaqué une position des FARDC à Bule</a>.</p></li></ul><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>Combats M23/FRN au Nord et au Sud-Kivu : Uvira de nouveau menacée</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;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="">Au Nord-Kivu, les combats sont restés concentrés dans le territoire de Masisi, avec <a href="https://x.com/michombero/status/2112885717202346211" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">quelques</a> <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/10/26/rutshuru-les-activites-champetres-paralysees-kabizo-et-katovu-apres-une-embuscade-contre" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">affrontements</a> signalés entre Wazalendo et M23 à Rutshuru, où des éléments présumés du M23 ont également tendu une embuscade et <a href="https://laprunellerdc.cd/nord-kivu-un-mort-et-deux-blesses-dans-une-attaque-attribuee-a-des-presumes-elements-du-m23-frn-pres-de-nyamilima/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">attaqué des agents de l’ICCN</a> près de Nyamilima, tuant l’un d’eux et en blessant deux autres. À Walikale, les FARDC et les Wazalendo ont poursuivi leur reconquête de territoire face au M23 et se sont <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/10/26/walikale-larmee-prend-le-controle-de-la-colline-strategique-de-rushihe-apres-des" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">emparés de Rushihe</a>, près de Katobo, le 24 octobre.</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 combats font rage au Sud-Kivu, avec des affrontements signalés à <a href="https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2114696266030387616" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">dix kilomètres d’Uvira</a>, ville que le M23 a <a href="https://x.com/michombero/status/2110345357544574979" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">dit vouloir reprendre</a> après son <a href="https://www.paema.ngo/campaigns/view-campaign/BMXOFOCajPS1POVPvLS4WLwNCnR-pBrC--iL9V27fYUQ2P9sujVPY_AsrQTaRsYasq_aLdQ1dUpG_Dl3s5lrSYeg-ILJyxSR" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">retrait de janvier</a>. D’intenses <a href="https://x.com/michombero/status/2114663613948457391" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">frappes de drones</a> ont été rapportées et des <a href="https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2112763864504766493" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">renforts des FARDC</a> sont arrivés à Uvira le 21 octobre, à la suite d’une <a href="https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2112476356462129321" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">série d’affrontements</a> dans la plaine des Bafuliro le 20 octobre.</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 21 octobre, des Wazalendo ont <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/10/23/est-de-la-rdc-un-journaliste-et-deux-autres-voyageurs-tues-sur-la-route-bukavu-walikale" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">abattu trois civils</a> qui voyageaient de Goma à Kisangani, lors d’une embuscade à Kalehe.</p></li></ul><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>Mai-Ndombe</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="">Des miliciens Mobondo réfractaires au processus de démobilisation, désarmement et rapatriement (DDR), sous les ordres de l’autoproclamé général Cobra, demeurent actifs dans la province de Kwamouth, où ils ont tué un chef local le <a href="https://actualite.cd/2026/10/22/kwamouth-cinq-miliciens-mobondo-arretes-apres-un-assassinat-vanga" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">17 octobre</a>.</p></li></ul><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>Dynamiques nationales</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;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 général des FARDC, commandant militaire dans la province du Kongo-Central, François Kamanzi, a <a href="https://libregrandlac.com/rdc-le-general-francois-kamanzi-aurait-quitte-les-fardc-pour-rejoindre-la-rebellion-de-joseph-kabila/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">fait défection pour rejoindre le FRN</a>. Il s’agit de la première défection d’un officier supérieur de l’armée vers le mouvement, ce qui soulève la question de savoir si l’alliance Kabila-M23 pourrait attirer dans ses rangs d’autres éléments mécontents de 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="">L’organisation de la société civile LUCHA a <a href="https://x.com/luchardc/status/2112914001436766560" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">publié un communiqué</a> condamnant le virage politico-militaire de Kabila et renvoyant dos à dos Kabila et Tshisekedi, exigeant un dialogue véritablement inclusif fondé sur « la souveraineté populaire plutôt que sur un partage du pouvoir entre élites ».</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 ministre belge des Affaires étrangères Maxime Prévot a réagi à la création du FRN par Kabila, la qualifiant de « <a href="https://www.lesoir.be/778254/article/2026-10-21/deplorable-et-inacceptable-maxime-prevot-condamne-lalliance-entre-joseph-kabila" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">déplorable, incompréhensible et inacceptable</a> » et de « profondément illégitime ».</p></li></ul>
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Le texte passe désormais au Sénat avant sa promulgation. Il permettrait de réviser la Constitution par référendum, l’instrument que le président Tshisekedi semble avoir choisi pour faciliter un troisième mandat.</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="">Réunie à Rome du 25 au 27 octobre, la coalition d’opposition C64 a <a href="https://x.com/Coalition_64/status/2115050511002980563" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">condamné le vote des députés</a>, affirmant qu’aucune loi référendaire ne saurait contourner les verrous posés par l’article 220 de la Constitution, relatifs au nombre et à la durée des mandats présidentiels. Sans nommer directement Kabila ni le FRN, la coalition a également condamné « le recours aux armes pour conquérir le pouvoir » et réitéré son appel à un dialogue national intégrant les protocoles de gouvernance de Doha. Fait notable, elle a proposé de jouer les médiateurs directs entre Tshisekedi et Kabila pour trouver une « issue congolaise » à la crise.</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 25 octobre, Prince Epenge, président du parti d’opposition ADD (Action pour la démocratie et le développement) Congo et membre de la C64, a été <a href="https://www.dw.com/fr/rdc-f%C3%A9lix-tshisekedi-prince-epenge/a-79773689" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">arrêté à l’aéroport de Kinshasa</a> alors qu’il tentait de se rendre à Rome pour le conclave de la C64. Son passeport et son téléphone ont été confisqués. Il a été conduit au Conseil national de défense cybernétique (CNC), une structure dont Human Rights Watch affirme qu’elle est utilisée par le gouvernement congolais « <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/10/dr-congo-enforced-disappearances-surge-in-kinshasa" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">comme un instrument pour procéder à des arrestations et à des détentions d’opposants politiques sur des bases douteuses</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="">Par ailleurs, les médiateurs religieux du pays se sont faits discrets. Les conférences catholique et protestante congolaises, la CENCO et l’ECC, très impliquées dans la médiation entre Tshisekedi et l’opposition et acteurs majeurs de la vie politique nationale, ont <a href="https://beto.cd/silence-cenco-ecc-frn-kabila-marche-c64-15-septembre-eglises-rdc/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">quasiment disparu</a>, ne réagissant ni aux manifestations de la C64 à la mi-septembre ni à la création du FRN, ce qui interroge sur leur position actuelle.</p><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;height:1.618em;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></p></li></ul>
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Dans le même temps, à Kolwezi, un tour de vis réglementaire a déclenché de <a href="https://news.metal.com/newscontent/104171160-artisanal-miners-protest-for-two-consecutive-days-in-drcs-kolwezi-disrupting-copper-cobalt-trade-and-transport" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">violentes manifestations de creuseurs artisanaux</a> du 19 au 26 octobre, perturbant le commerce du cuivre et du cobalt.</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="">La RDC et la Zambie ont convenu de construire l’<a href="https://www.trafigura.com/news-and-insights/press-releases/2026/fis-rdc-enpower-trafigura-and-gridworks-join-forces-to-deliver-landmark-power-interconnector-to-supply-the-drc-s-copperbelt/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">interconnexion Kalumbila–Kolwezi</a> pour alimenter en électricité le Copperbelt congolais.</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 sur les fronts d’extraction se sont étendues : des pêcheurs congolais de Kasenyi ont <a href="https://actualite.cd/index.php/2026/10/26/eacop-linquietude-de-pecheurs-congolais-de-kasenyi-apres-le-deplacement-force-de" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">exprimé leur inquiétude face aux déplacements « forcés » liés à l’EACOP</a> autour du lac Albert.</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="">L’Africa Finance Corporation a désigné un consortium euro-turc — l’italien Webuild, le portugais Mota-Engil et le turc İçtaş — comme soumissionnaires retenus pour construire le <a href="https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/10/28/2026/africas-largest-ipo-closes" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">tronçon zambien de 515 km du chemin de fer de Lobito</a>, un corridor soutenu par les États-Unis destiné à acheminer le cuivre et le cobalt vers la côte atlantique de l’Angola et à contrer l’emprise de la Chine sur les exportations de minerais. La construction pourrait atteindre 5 milliards de dollars ; Washington affirme avoir mobilisé plus de 4 milliards de dollars.</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 nouveau <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/critical-minerals-in-africa_53e5f664-en.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">document de politique de l’OCDE sur les minerais critiques en Afrique</a> souligne le rôle de la RDC dans l’économie minière mondiale, en particulier dans le secteur du cobalt.</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="">Lors de la récente Conférence mondiale de l’Initiative pour la transparence des industries extractives (ITIE), Oxfam et ses partenaires ont annoncé avoir soumis un rapport alternatif en vue de la prochaine validation ITIE de la RDC, affirmant que les <a href="https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/its-time-to-wake-the-sleeping-giant/" rel="nofollow" style="color:#51945e !important;">règles existantes doivent s’appliquer</a> aux nouveaux accords sur les ressources, y compris l’accord de partenariat stratégique conclu avec les États-Unis.</p></li></ul>
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