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Tension mounts between Kinshasa and Wazalendo and VDP militia in eastern DRC

The former insurgents now fighting under the Wazalendo or VDP banner against the M23 rebel group in eastern DR Congo are increasingly frustrated with the military authorities. [...]

Published on 09/09/2024 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Congolese M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa in Bunagana in August 2013.

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