New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Five days after African Union mediators urged Congo's rebels to keep to their ceasefire commitments, the founder of the rebels' political coalition, Corneille Nangaa, became deputy to former president Joseph Kabila, who has been sentenced to death in absentia, in a new front pledging to "put an end to tyranny by any means necessary, including the use of force."

Anadolu Agency reported that both the alliance and the rebel movement were dissolved with immediate effect, while Xinhua said the front brings M23's leaders under Kabila and includes several other armed groups.

Kabila, 55, ruled Congo from 2001 to 2019. A military court in Kinshasa sentenced him to death in absentia in 2025 on charges including treason and c...