Global Situation Board
Actor · non-state · Africa

M23 / AFC

3Elevated
Assessed 15 September 2026

Assessment

M23/AFC holds Goma and Bukavu and keeps clashing with FARDC in North and South Kivu while negotiating in Doha, having agreed a sequenced peace roadmap on Aug 23 and accepted ceasefire monitors in Minembwe and Uvira from Aug 24. Reporting on Sept 15 described it running parallel administrations in the cities it holds and drawing revenue from taxation, coltan and cross-border trade; it is not a party to the Rwanda-DRC Geneva talks of Sept 16-17.

Recent, assessed

  • 2026-09-15Roundup reporting describes M23 running parallel governance in Goma and Bukavu and extracting revenue from taxation, coltan and cross-border trade. (single-sourced) allafrica.com

Level history

Threat level after each research review12 September 2026 baseline: level 3; 12 September 2026 weekly review: level 3; 14 September 2026 weekly review: level 3; 15 September 2026 weekly review: level 31234512 September 2026, baseline: level 312 September 2026, weekly review: level 314 September 2026, weekly review: level 315 September 2026, weekly review: level 312 Sep14 Sep15 Septoday

Levels set by research reviews. A level set by hand is shown at the top of the page while it is in force and is not part of this history.

DateLevelReview
2026-09-153Weekly review
2026-09-143Weekly review
2026-09-123Weekly review
2026-09-123Baseline

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