Forces for Renewal

The Forces for Renewal, generally still known by its original name RCD-Kisangani-Movement for Liberation, is a political party in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The party originated as a breakaway faction of the rebel Rally for Congolese Democracy.

History

The RCD-K-ML was accorded 15 seats in the National Assembly of the [Democratic Republic">National Assembly of Democratic Republic of Congo">National Assembly of the [Democratic Republic of the Congo|Transitional National Assembly] and participated in the Transitional Government headed by Joseph Kabila.
Human Rights Watch has accused RCD-K-ML of conscripting child soldiers. They were also involved in the Ituri conflict.
Their leader, Antipas Mbusa came eleventh in the Democratic [Republic of the Congo general election, 2006|2006 presidential elections] with 96,503 votes and won 26 seats in the simultaneous election to the National [Assembly of Democratic Republic of Congo|National Assembly]. In the 2011 general election, the Forces for Renewal lost 20 seats in the National Assembly.
It won seven out of 108 seats in the indirect Democratic Republic of the Congo [Senate election, 2007|elections to the Senate].
It joined the government of Antoine Gizenga where Mbusa became Foreign Minister.
In 2022, the party condemned the violence during the anti-MONUSCO protests in the eastern DR Congo.