# Kinshasa braces for potential conflict as Kabila joins M23

https://mins.news/en/item/102126

- France 24, 2026-10-15 20:29 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/kinshasa-braces-for-potential-conflict-as-kabila-joins-m23

> Joseph Kabila has returned to the political forefront through a new alliance with the M23 rebels, forcing political leaders in Congo to choose sides. The program also reports that the US is urging restraint in Ethiopia as a rights group warns that the Tigray conflict is already harming civilians, and looks at the growing international visibility of African contemporary art.

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