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Corneille Nangaa

Corneille Nangaa

Leader of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), M23's political coalition

Appears in 2 stories

Notable Quotes

"We intend to continue all the way to the national capital Kinshasa." — January 2025

"The use of Kisangani as a platform for projecting terror against our territories is now prohibited. The sanctuary of this rear base is over." — February 2026 [20]

Nangaa has warned that for AFC, "anything regarding us which is done without us, it’s against us," signaling rejection of the DRC–Rwanda pact as long as rebels are excluded.([wsls.com](https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2025/06/27/congo-and-rwanda-to-sign-us-mediated-peace-deal-to-end-conflict-in-eastern-congo/?utm_source=openai))

Stories

Congo's conflict mineral crisis

Force in Play

Leading rebel advance deeper into DRC territory

A landslide at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed more than 400 people on January 29, 2026—miners, children, and market workers buried when rain-soaked tunnels collapsed. The mine, controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group since May 2024, supplies roughly 15% of the world's coltan, which becomes tantalum capacitors in smartphones and aircraft engines worldwide. M23 extracts an estimated $800,000 monthly by taxing every gram of ore.

Updated May 26

Trump–brokered DRC–Rwanda peace deal tested by renewed fighting

Force in Play

AFC leader rejecting Washington deals; group claims Kisangani drone strike amid Doha talks.

In early 2025, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion and its allies seized Goma and Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, displacing millions. The United States stepped in and brokered the June 27 Washington Accord.

Updated May 9