{"id":41353,"date":"2026-02-05T14:46:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=41353"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:02:00","slug":"lemergence-des-wazalendo-dans-la-lutte-contre-lafc-m23-au-nord-kivu-etat-des-lieux-defis-et-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/fr\/publication\/lemergence-des-wazalendo-dans-la-lutte-contre-lafc-m23-au-nord-kivu-etat-des-lieux-defis-et-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019\u00e9mergence des Wazalendo dans la lutte contre l\u2019AFC \/ M23 au Nord-Kivu: \u00c9tat des lieux, d\u00e9fis et perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2601_WazalendoReport_2025_1-FR.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/251027_Area-influenced-by-M23-in-February-2025-870x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41326\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8493113788406524;width:324px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/251027_Area-influenced-by-M23-in-February-2025-870x1024.png 870w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/251027_Area-influenced-by-M23-in-February-2025-255x300.png 255w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/251027_Area-influenced-by-M23-in-February-2025-768x904.png 768w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/251027_Area-influenced-by-M23-in-February-2025-1305x1536.png 1305w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/251027_Area-influenced-by-M23-in-February-2025-1739x2048.png 1739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le 27 janvier 2025, l\u2019Alliance Fleuve Congo\/Mouvement du 23 mars (AFC\/M23) \u2013 soutenue par le Rwanda \u2013 a pris le contr\u00f4le de Goma, capitale de la province du Nord-Kivu en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), avant de progresser vers Bukavu, capitale du Sud-Kivu, tomb\u00e9e en f\u00e9vrier 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La r\u00e9\u00e9mergence du M23 en 2021 et sa progression rapide ont conduit le gouvernement congolais \u00e0 faire appel \u00e0 des groupes arm\u00e9s non \u00e9tatiques \u2013 appel\u00e9s Wazalendo \u2013 pour lutter contre la r\u00e9bellion, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s des Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC). Compte tenu des difficiles tentatives d&rsquo;int\u00e9gration des rebelles au sein de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e par le pass\u00e9, cette strat\u00e9gie pourrait compromettre les processus de paix actuels et futurs. Elle contredit \u00e9galement les engagements ant\u00e9rieurs du gouvernement en mati\u00e8re de d\u00e9sarmement et de d\u00e9mobilisation, \u00e0 savoir la nouvelle mise en \u0153uvre du Programme de d\u00e9sarmement, d\u00e9mobilisation, r\u00e9insertion communautaire et stabilisation (P-DDRCS).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260205_Lemergence-des-Wazalendo-dans-la-lutte-contre-lAFC_M23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le rapport<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260205_Lemergence-des-Wazalendo-dans-la-lutte-contre-lAFC_M23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Extracted-from-20260202-Wazalendo-report-FR-pages-1.pdf-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41298\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7070400343988701;width:299px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Extracted-from-20260202-Wazalendo-report-FR-pages-1.pdf-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Extracted-from-20260202-Wazalendo-report-FR-pages-1.pdf-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Extracted-from-20260202-Wazalendo-report-FR-pages-1.pdf-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Extracted-from-20260202-Wazalendo-report-FR-pages-1.pdf-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Extracted-from-20260202-Wazalendo-report-FR-pages-1.pdf-1448x2048.png 1448w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Extracted-from-20260202-Wazalendo-report-FR-pages-1.pdf-scaled.png 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ce rapport, r\u00e9dig\u00e9 en collaboration avec une organisation de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile anonymis\u00e9e du Nord-Kivu, examine l&rsquo;\u00e9mergence du ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne Wazalendo et son impact sur les dynamiques des conflits dans l&rsquo;est de la RDC. Il retrace les origines, les motivations et la composition des groupes arm\u00e9s Wazalendo, ainsi que leurs relations ambigu\u00ebs avec le gouvernement congolais, les FARDC et d&rsquo;autres acteurs arm\u00e9s non \u00e9tatiques.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L&rsquo;\u00e9tude repose sur des recherches qualitatives men\u00e9es \u00e0 travers des entretiens individuels et des groupes de discussion men\u00e9s \u00e0 Goma, \u00e0 Sake dans le territoire de Masisi, et dans des villages du territoire de Nyiragongo. Ces entretiens ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9s entre d\u00e9cembre 2024 et janvier 2025, avant la chute de Goma. Les personnes interrog\u00e9es comprenaient des militaires, des combattants Wazalendo, des repr\u00e9sentants des autorit\u00e9s locales, de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile et d&rsquo;un parti politique, ainsi que des citoyens directement affect\u00e9s par les activit\u00e9s des Wazalendo.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">En 2022, des groupes arm\u00e9s du Nord-Kivu ont form\u00e9 une coalition opportuniste contre le M23, adoptant le nom de \u00ab Wazalendo \u00bb. Bien que le gouvernement ait initialement d\u00e9conseill\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e de faire appel \u00e0 des groupes arm\u00e9s non \u00e9tatiques comme forces auxiliaires, il a finalement cr\u00e9\u00e9 les Volontaires pour la D\u00e9fense de la Patrie, s\u00e9lectionnant certains groupes de la coalition Wazalendo.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">En mobilisant des groupes arm\u00e9s non \u00e9tatiques pour lutter contre la r\u00e9bellion du M23, le gouvernement a de facto l\u00e9gitim\u00e9 des acteurs responsables de graves violations des droits humains. Dans ce contexte, le rapport \u00e9value la compatibilit\u00e9 de cette approche avec les objectifs officiels du gouvernement en mati\u00e8re de d\u00e9sarmement, d\u00e9mobilisation et r\u00e9int\u00e9gration (DDR), et analyse la place des Wazalendo dans les processus de paix en cours.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2601_Selection-de-sites-miniers-artisanaux-Nord-Kivu-scaled.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250106_Selected-ASM-sites-in-North-Kivu-773x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41315\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7724645544653151;width:409px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250106_Selected-ASM-sites-in-North-Kivu-773x1024.png 773w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250106_Selected-ASM-sites-in-North-Kivu-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250106_Selected-ASM-sites-in-North-Kivu-768x1018.png 768w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250106_Selected-ASM-sites-in-North-Kivu-1159x1536.png 1159w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250106_Selected-ASM-sites-in-North-Kivu-1545x2048.png 1545w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250106_Selected-ASM-sites-in-North-Kivu-scaled.png 1931w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sites d&rsquo;extraction de tantale\/coltan dans la r\u00e9gion de Rubaya.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme des \u00ab volontaires \u00bb et ne recevant aucune r\u00e9mun\u00e9ration, les combattants Wazalendo sont contraints de g\u00e9n\u00e9rer leurs propres revenus, au d\u00e9triment de la population locale. Les perceptions de la communaut\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9gard des Wazalendo sont donc profond\u00e9ment ambivalentes. Si leur mobilisation a initialement suscit\u00e9 un sentiment de patriotisme, ces groupes sont de plus en plus associ\u00e9s \u00e0 des abus, \u00e0 des taxes ill\u00e9gales, \u00e0 des barrages routiers et \u00e0 l&rsquo;exploitation des ressources naturelles. De plus, la collaboration avec les FARDC est entrav\u00e9e par un manque de communication et de coordination, les Wazalendo agissant parfois de mani\u00e8re autonome. Par cons\u00e9quent, certains officiers de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e sont sceptiques quant \u00e0 cette collaboration et la consid\u00e8rent comme une politique gouvernementale d\u00e9faillante. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">L&rsquo;avenir de ces groupes arm\u00e9s est une pr\u00e9occupation croissante, d&rsquo;autant plus que la crise li\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;AFC\/M23 leur a fourni des opportunit\u00e9s de recrutement et d&rsquo;expansion. Fragment\u00e9s et motiv\u00e9s par leurs propres agendas ethniques, le contr\u00f4le de l&rsquo;\u00c9tat sur les groupes Wazalendo reste limit\u00e9. Les combattants Wazalendo et leurs commandants sont susceptibles d&rsquo;exiger des r\u00e9compenses pour avoir d\u00e9fendu l&rsquo;int\u00e9grit\u00e9 territoriale, ce qui soul\u00e8ve de s\u00e9rieuses inqui\u00e9tudes quant \u00e0 la viabilit\u00e9 des futurs programmes de DDR, tels que le P-DDRCS. En parall\u00e8le, le gouvernement a mis en place la R<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00e9serve Arm\u00e9e pour la D\u00e9fense<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (RAD) afin de mieux prot\u00e9ger l&rsquo;int\u00e9grit\u00e9 territoriale du pays. Les repr\u00e9sentants du gouvernement et de la RAD ont promis aux commandants et combattants Wazalendo qu&rsquo;ils pourraient rejoindre cette r\u00e9serve arm\u00e9e apr\u00e8s la guerre, dans le cadre du nouveau P-DDRCS. Ces promesses vont toutefois \u00e0 l&rsquo;encontre de l&rsquo;esprit du P-DDRCS, qui n&rsquo;autorise l&rsquo;int\u00e9gration des combattants dans l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e qu&rsquo;\u00e0 titre individuel.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les auteurs soutiennent que la d\u00e9mobilisation seule, ou les tentatives de (r\u00e9)int\u00e9gration des combattants Wazalendo dans l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e ou la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile, ne suffiront pas \u00e0 rompre le cycle de violence. Une paix durable n\u00e9cessitera d&rsquo;aborder les causes structurelles des conflits persistants, telles que l&rsquo;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la terre, les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s socio-\u00e9conomiques et la discrimination \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9gard de certaines communaut\u00e9s. Finalement, la crise de l&rsquo;AFC\/M23 et la mobilisation des Wazalendo par le gouvernement congolais ne sont pas uniquement une question de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, mais avant tout un probl\u00e8me politique qui n\u00e9cessite une approche inclusive fond\u00e9e sur le dialogue national. Toutefois, cette approche doit \u00eatre concili\u00e9e avec des m\u00e9canismes de justice transitionnelle, car plusieurs acteurs arm\u00e9s impliqu\u00e9s ont commis de graves violations des droits humains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Photo : Des miliciens Wazalendo combattant les rebelles du M23 marchent \u00e0 Sake, en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo. 31 ao\u00fbt 2024. \u00a9 Moses Sawasawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-toutes-les-cartes-relatives-au-m23-realisees-par-ipis\">Toutes les cartes relatives au M23 r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par IPIS<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-ipis wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/home\/maps-data\/maps-of-drc\/mapping-the-m23s-territorial-influence-in-eastern-drc\/%20\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Mapping the M23&#039;s territorial influence in eastern DRC\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mapping-the-M23s-area-of-influence-709x1024.png\" style=\"max-width: 200px; max-height: 200px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Mapping the M23&rsquo;s territorial influence in eastern DRC<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">Since 2021, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has once again been plunged into crisis due to the resurgence of the March 23 Movement (M23), triggering a severe humanitarian emergency and widespread displacement. The conflict is driven by both local intercommunity tensions and broader regional dynamics, including support to armed groups by neighboring countries and tensions over the legal and illegal mineral trade in the Great Lakes region. As M23 intensified its attacks, IPIS maps the group\u2019s territorial expansion and influence in eastern DRC using ACLED data on M23-related incidents and various other sources.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Logo-DGD-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Logo-DGD-2-1024x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Logo-DGD-2-1024x236.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Logo-DGD-2-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Logo-DGD-2-768x177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Logo-DGD-2.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ce document a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9 avec l\u2019aide financi\u00e8re de la<br>Direction g\u00e9n\u00e9rale belge de la coop\u00e9ration au d\u00e9veloppement<br>et de l\u2019aide humanitaire (DGD) et de l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne. Son<br>contenu ne peut en aucun cas \u00eatre consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme refl\u00e9tant<br>la position de l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne ou de la coop\u00e9ration belge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le 27 janvier 2025, l\u2019Alliance Fleuve Congo\/Mouvement du 23 mars (AFC\/M23) \u2013 soutenue par le Rwanda \u2013 a pris le contr\u00f4le de Goma, capitale de la province du Nord-Kivu en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (RDC), avant de progresser vers Bukavu, capitale du Sud-Kivu, tomb\u00e9e en f\u00e9vrier 2025. <\/p>\n<p>La r\u00e9\u00e9mergence du M23 en 2021 et sa progression rapide ont conduit le gouvernement congolais \u00e0 faire appel \u00e0 des groupes arm\u00e9s non \u00e9tatiques \u2013 appel\u00e9s Wazalendo \u2013 pour lutter contre la r\u00e9bellion, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s des Forces arm\u00e9es de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo (FARDC). Compte tenu des difficiles tentatives d&rsquo;int\u00e9gration des rebelles au sein de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e par le pass\u00e9, cette strat\u00e9gie pourrait compromettre les processus de paix actuels et futurs. 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