Western DR Congo clashes

Western DR Congo clashes
Date	9 June 2022 — present; (3 years and 1 week)
Location	Western Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kongo Central, Kinshasa, Kwango, Kwilu and Mai-Ndombe provinces)
Result	Ongoing
Belligerents
Mobondo militia	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Commanders and leaders
Odon Nkimona Kumbu; "Sadam"; "Cobra" †; "Américain"; "Kapenda"; "Ephraïm"; "Wamba"	Brig. Gen. Rabbi-Richard Moyo; (Operation Ngemba commander)
Units involved
	FARDC 11th Military Region; ; Armed Teke;
Casualties and losses
	3,000+ killed and 550,400 displaced (as of Jan. 2025)

The clashes in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo are a series of attacks by Mobondo militia on armed forces (FARDC) and Teke civilians which started in June 2022. The conflict has an ethnic component, as the Mobondo is mainly recruited from Yaka and other ethnic groups that are migrating into territories traditionally inhabited by Teke.

The fighting is taking place in the rural areas northeast of Kinshasa and in the surrounding provinces, including Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe.

The Catholic Church estimates that over 3,000 people have been killed and 550,400 were displaced due to the Mobondo conflict, mainly in the Kwamouth Territory of Mai-Ndombe Province and the Maluku rural commune of the province of Kinshasa. The military has stated that over 1,000 civilians were killed.