Joseph Kabila
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Oct 26, 2026
JayPANELIST
Let me share this one.
JayPANELIST
This explains kind of Joseph Kabila aligning with the M23 rebels in a new political alliance.
JayPANELIST
So it just explains the kind of Rwanda.
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Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila is now openly aligning himself with those fighting the government of President Félix Tshisekedi.
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With peace talks still underway and fighting continuing, many are worried this new alliance could further complicate efforts to end the conflict.
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Kabila has launched a new political movement in Goma in Eastern DRC, which is controlled by 123.
Melanie Warrick Jr.HOST
Now, look at the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Melanie Warrick Jr.HOST
The former president, Joseph Kabila, forming a new rebel coalition isn't just a political story.
Mark Mirchandani Jr.HOST
What is it then?
Melanie Warrick Jr.HOST
It's a supply chain choke point.
Elisabeth DikizekoGUEST
since the independence you know uh shortly after the independence of congo the countries has been destabilized with the cessation of the katanga and the kassai and after with the assassination of patrice lumumba as combally i said it in january 1961 so people are suffering and right after the assassination of patrice lumumba the people have suffered from 32 years of brutal regime of Joseph Mobutu until his downfall in 1997.
Elisabeth DikizekoGUEST
And then came into power the nationalist Laurent-Désiré Kabila, supported by Rwanda and Uganda, and this leader has been assassinated in 2001, then the country has never known a democratic leader because then came Joseph Kabila, he stayed into power during 80 years, and now we have Felicity Kennedy.
Elisabeth DikizekoGUEST
who is still in power.
Elisabeth DikizekoGUEST
So there is a lot of instability politically.
Mvemba Phezo DizoleleHOST
You arrived in Congo in 1959.
Mvemba Phezo DizoleleHOST
So I was rattling a few names, Crawford Young, René Lemarchand, and many others.
Mvemba Phezo DizoleleHOST
You know a lot of these personalities, academics, researchers, and so on.
Mvemba Phezo DizoleleHOST
Why you are in Congo in 1959, and what takes you there?
Herbert WeissGUEST
Really, a series of accidents.
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Herbert WeissGUEST
With Lumumba, it has the sympathy of the people in Oriental Province and elsewhere as well.
Herbert WeissGUEST
And then
Mvemba Phezo DizoleleHOST
there's the force of personality of Lumumba, I guess.
Fidel Amakye OwusuGUEST
However, it depends on how it doesn't stand.
Fidel Amakye OwusuGUEST
Because a few days ago, a former president that has stayed in the BRC for about two decades Joseph Kabila, has openly announced that he is now the head or the leader of the rebel group in Eastern Congo, something he was denying for a long time.
Fidel Amakye OwusuGUEST
He's openly come out.
Fidel Amakye OwusuGUEST
Now, I'm producing... a piece of this.
Fidel Amakye OwusuGUEST
And one of the driving factors or the reasons that Joseph Kabila would openly come out is because of the resources.
Fidel Amakye OwusuGUEST
Because definitely with this outcome, he's likely to get the support of some state and non-state actors beyond the borders of Africa.
Fidel Amakye OwusuGUEST
to actually establish itself in the East and make sure that these resources are out there.
LenaHOST
David, I guess it's worth asking, how does his involvement change the conflict? Does it escalate it at all?
David TizzardGUEST
Yeah, so that's the main headline that's coming out, that the former president, Joseph Kabila, he's joined this armed, it was just an armed military resistance group, but now it has a political aspect to it, because by bringing a former president in, you're not just rebels going around the country with guns trying to secure parts of the land, you also have a former president, you have someone who's been in charge, so you have a political aspect to it.
David TizzardGUEST
Somebody who led the country for 18 years is now in armed opposition to the person who is leading the country.
David TizzardGUEST
So this makes things very, very volatile indeed.
David TizzardGUEST
So it's not just in Congo, but it's in the neighboring countries as well.
David TizzardGUEST
The people there are struggling.
LenaHOST
Should we try to understand better former President Joseph Kabila's political past and his rather, it seems, complicated relationship with the current president?
David TizzardGUEST
Yeah.
Kenneth P. VogelGUEST
And so as a result of that lack of preparation, they didn't have any connections to the incoming Trump team.
Kenneth P. VogelGUEST
And that put them in a terrible situation, which the New Zealand DCM, a woman by the name of Carolyn Beresford, shares with Strick and says, we haven't even been able to arrange a congratulatory phone call between our head of state, the prime minister of New Zealand, and the president-elect Donald Trump, which is just a customary thing that typically happens with all states.
Kenneth P. VogelGUEST
with all allies, and New Zealand should point out is a major ally, five eyes country that has a long tradition of close relationships with the United States.
Kenneth P. VogelGUEST
So this is like a potentially serious issue that this New Zealand diplomat lays out for Strick.
Kenneth P. VogelGUEST
And Strick just blurts out, because he has these ties to the sort of periphery of Trump world, he says, what if I could get you the phone number of the president-elect? I
John BatchelorHOST
love this scene, Ken.
John BatchelorHOST
This is wonderful.
Kenneth P. VogelGUEST
It's in the chancery, which is the residence of the New Zealand ambassador to Washington right next to the embassy, and they punch in the number.
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Former Congo President's Rebel Leadership Complicates Peace Efforts
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Former Democratic Republic of the Congo, President Joseph Kabila, has assumed leadership of a new political-military movement linked to the M23 rebellion in eastern Congo.
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The Front for National Refoundation brings together armed and political opposition to President Felix Tshisekedi, with its leaders declaring that force remains an option.
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Kabila's involvement gives the rebellion a former national leader and transforms its political significance.
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The development adds another challenge to internationally supported peace efforts in a region already affected by prolonged conflict and regional tensions.
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It illustrates how unresolved political rivalries can complicate attempts to end armed insurgencies.
Rudy MartinezHOST
Prices of staples have risen sharply, and the UN World Food Program says two-thirds of Gaza's population is acutely food insecure, and it is cutting aid.
Rudy MartinezHOST
Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has launched a new political and military coalition with the leaders of the M23 rebel group.
Rudy MartinezHOST
Kabila announced the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation at a news conference at his residence in Goma on Monday, October 12th.
Rudy MartinezHOST
He heads it with rebel leaders including Corneille Nangaa.
Rudy MartinezHOST
He said the effect on the ground will depend on Kabila's ability to take control of the rebellion.
Rudy MartinezHOST
What American readers need to know.
Rudy MartinezHOST
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila launched a coalition with the leaders of the M23 rebel group on October 12th.
Rudy MartinezHOST
M23 holds the provincial capitals Goma and Bukavu in eastern Congo.
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