A new Rebel group called the Union of Revolutionary Forces of Congo (UFRC)  has been formed in DRC.

UFRC was formed in Mid January 2013 with the intention ousting President Joseph Kabila .It is based in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province.

The new rebel group wrote to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on January 25 calling upon the UN  to help it organise “democratic elections and rapidly reinstate political order capable of reducing the misery of Congolese people, and build the foundations of a real republic with proper participatory democracy.

The group accuses Kabila of coming to power through an unfair election and they want him out of power.

Joseph Kabila

It claims to have the support of civil society members and political figures from South Kivu and  part of North Kivu”

By UP