🇨🇩❌🇨🇩 — The Congolese army (FARDC) launched an operation against the Mai-Mai Bakata Katanga separatist group in the Manono region of the DRC, killing at least 30 rebels.

According to pro-DRC sources, additional Katanga rebels are amassing in the neighboring country of Zimbabwe and are reportedly working alongside former DRC president Joseph Kabila.

📝 The Mai-Mai Bakata Katanga is a separatist rebel group fighting for the independence of the DRC region of Katanga, which was previously independent as a short-lived breakaway state during the Congo crisis.