How Kabila's rebel coalition impacts DRC peace efforts
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How Kabila's rebel coalition impacts DRC peace efforts

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 14, 202622 min
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  • Politics

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila has been named the head of a new political and military alliance that includes M23 rebels, who control vast swathes of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region. The Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, or FRN movement says it wants to remove the government of President Félix Tshisekedi. M23 leader Sultani Makenga will serve as one of Kabila's four deputies in the new movement. The other three also come from the AFC-M23 alliance. And across Africa, the death penalty debate continues, with some countries moving towards abolition while oth...

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led by former Congolese president Joseph Kabila as questions remain over their mission.

East, in North and Kibu, they control the two major cities,

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Hello, I'm Blessing Adiropa and today on Focus on Africa. The new rebel coalition including the M23 is taking shape in eastern DRC and it's being led by former Congolese president Joseph Kabila as questions remain over their mission. Is this a rebellion that is purely trying to solidify the gains they've made in the

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East, in North and Kibu, they control the two major cities, Goma and Bukavu, or is this a rebellion that has aspirations of pushing beyond? And should the state have the power to take a life?

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Africa's Human Rights Commission is calling for a renewed push to abolish the death penalty, even as some countries expand its use. We still don't have a very conclusive evidence that, you

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