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significant losses towards the coalition, and forced
Yakutumba's troops to temporarily relocate from his base in the Ubwari Peninsula to areas controlled by Mai-Mai Malaika. Yakutumba's naval commander, Ekanda, surrendered on 20 January 2018 to authorities, causing a significant officer loss to the group. Following the counteroffensive, the CNPSC began to lie low and wait for the pressure of the national army to die down.
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CNPSC activity had died down throughout much of the first half of 2019, but activity emerged as the coalition entered into conflict with the
Ngumino and Twiganeho groups. On 26 July, Mai-Mai Malaika kidnapped workers of the Banro mining corporation. Clashes erupted in late 2019 between the CNPSC and
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The announcement of the group came on 30 June 2017, with their first attack being on the hydroelectric dam of Force
Bendera, a FARDC position. Through this, the coalition was able to acquire a significant amount of supplies and weapons. In the next few days, the CNPSC would attack FARDC positions in
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on 24 June, making off with weapons and supplies. On 15 September, the CNPSC attacked the FARDC in
Kilembwe, and captured the town. The FARDC responded with a counteroffensive and retook Kilembwe. On 2 December, the CNPSC attacked Mboko again and recaptured it. They were pushed out several days
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The FARDC launched a counteroffensive in
December. This prompted the CNPSC to attempt to assassinate General Philemon Yav, the overall commander of the counteroffensive, this attack failed, and caused the FARDC to launch an all out attack against the rebels. The FARDC counteroffensive caused
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While the official announcement of the coalition's formation came in 2017, the idea of the CNPSC had been existent since around 2013. The coalition actually began to form in early 2017, with
Yakutumba contacting Mai-Mai leaders around South Kivu. Yakutumba was aided by
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