Congo War Security Review, March 13, 2026

Data Cutoff: March 13, 2026, at 1 P.M. EST

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Key Takeaway: M23 clashed with pro-Congolese government Wazalendo fighters in north-central Masisi district in North Kivu.

Kinetic Activity in M23-Controlled Areas    

Nothing significant to report.  

Northern Axis: Lubero-Butembo-Beni-Bunia  

Nothing significant to report.  

Southern Axis: Bukavu-Uvira-Baraka-Kalemie

Nothing significant to report.

Northwest Axis: Masisi-Walikale-Lubutu-Kisangani 

M23 clashed with pro-Congolese government Wazalendo fighters in north-central Masisi district in North Kivu. The Congolese media outlet Actualite.cd reported that M23 clashed with Wazalendo fighters in Kibarizo village, about 11 miles west of Kitchanga in the Bashali chifedom, on March 11.[i] Actualite.cd reported separately that Wazalendo fighters conducted an attack on M23 in Kashuga village in Bashali—roughly 17 miles north of Kitchanga on the RP1030—on March 12.[ii]

Southwest Axis: Bukavu-Kamituga-Shabunda-Kindu  

Nothing significant to report.  

Major Political Developments  

Nothing significant to report.  

Significant US-Backed Regional Economic Activity

Nothing significant to report.