9 octobre 2026
15 min · EM Services Officiel
“The country is in peril: to do nothing is to be complicit”
The message to the nation, uncut, in its original version.
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Address to the nation — 9 October 2026
« Le pays est en péril : ne pas agir, c'est être complice »
Joseph Kabila s'adresse à la nation, face caméra, sur les réseaux sociaux. Trois jours plus tard, il signera à Goma la déclaration politique qui crée le Front pour la Refondation de la Nation. Ce dossier rassemble les éléments vérifiés de cette intervention.
Key points
“The country is in peril: to do nothing is to be complicit”: on 9 October 2026, Joseph Kabila observes that his proposals have been ignored, publicly recalls the twelve measures of the citizen pact set out in May 2025 and calls for national mobilisation. The full text is published on this page, together with press coverage.
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Addresses and announcements
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MTV1 Online
12 octobre 2026
18 min · MTV1 Online
The full reading of the political declaration
The twelve points of the founding declaration, read in full.
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Casiodoro.com
23 May 2025
48 min · Casiodoro.com
The address of 23 May 2025 — the citizen pact
The full address that set out the twelve measures of the citizen pact — the text the Front took up, rounded out and made actionable.
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Press coverage
The Front in the press
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RFI
“DRC: Joseph Kabila takes the helm of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, a new politico-military movement”
The report of the Goma press conference, the announcement of the five organs and the unanimous appointment of the leadership.
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La Libre Belgique
“Joseph Kabila: ‘The country is in peril — to do nothing is to be complicit’”
The address to the nation of 9 October and the review of the twelve measures of the citizen pact.
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La Libre Belgique
“Joseph Kabila takes the helm of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation”
The founding of the Front in Goma and the unified leadership of the movement.
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Actualité.cd
“Joseph Kabila: ‘Congo is in peril’ — he announces forthcoming initiatives”
The message to the nation, the inclusive national dialogue and the announcement of the next initiatives.
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Actualité.cd
“DRC: Joseph Kabila deplores the disregard of his citizen pact to ‘save Congo from the abyss’”
The review of the twelve-measure citizen pact and the response to the call to act.
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Congo Horizon
“DRC: Joseph Kabila breaks his silence, accuses Tshisekedi of dictatorship and announces new political initiatives”
The address to the nation, the question of the institutions and the commitment to national dialogue.
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Actu26
“Security, national dialogue, Constitution, governance and sovereignty”
The five areas covered by the address to the nation.
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Deutsche Welle
“Joseph Kabila launches the FRN, thirty years after the AFDL”
The historical lineage of the movement and the charter it claims.
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Kivu Morning Post
“The FRN presents its new organisation to its grassroots cadres”
The presentation of the political declaration and of the institutional architecture laid out in Goma.
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The Front's texts
The Front's texts
The movement’s reference texts are published by the general secretariat and circulated freely, with the source acknowledged.
9 October 2026
Address to the nation
“The country is in peril: to do nothing is to be an accomplice.” The full text of the President of the Republic’s address, with the twelve measures of the citizen pact restated.
Télécharger le PDF → 12 October 2026Founding political declaration
The text in twelve points adopted in Goma that creates the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation and appoints its leadership.
Télécharger le PDF → ProgrammeRefoundation programme
Roadmap for the emergence of the DR Congo: fifteen chapters, a prologue, a democratic roadmap, a glossary and the references. In French and in English.
Télécharger le PDF → The Pact of RefoundationThe twelve measures
Each measure: its problem, its actions, the responsible institution, the safeguards, the funding, the indicator and the deadline.
Télécharger le PDF →Press area
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Our position towards those in power
Le pouvoir en place a condamné la création du Front, a interdit les activités de plusieurs partis et demandé que les représentants du mouvement soient écartés des médias. Le Front assume cette confrontation. Elle n'est pas un accident de parcours : elle est le prix d'une rupture annoncée, et la preuve que la refondation ne se décidera pas dans les couloirs du pouvoir mais dans la durée, avec le peuple congolais.