Former President Joseph Kabila creates a new political-military alliance with the rebels

The former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, announced the establishment of a new political-military alliance called the "Front for the Reconstruction of the Nation", in which he will stand alongside the rebel leaders from the Congo River Alliance and the March 23 movement, which is fighting government forces in the east of the country. The move comes months after the authorities accused Kabila of supporting the rebels, and a military verdict was issued to execute him in his absence on charges of treason, war crimes and crimes against humanity, which he denies and sees as politically motivated.