Sheka who was the leader at the time of the NDC kept annoying his associates over his alleged tendency to take sole credit for their exploits and over the uneven sharing of funds.

This along with his tendency to not pay his soldiers led a lot of his forces to leave him to join Guidon and all of his other co-conspirators into the new group.

It did not help that Sheka, who had failed in his candidacy for a seat in parliament in 2011, had been indicted by a Congolese military tribunal and sanctioned by the UN Security Council for his role in the 2010 Luvungi rapes.

Disappointed with Sheka, Guidon sought out advice from local FARDC commanders, including Nyanga, Tembo, and Hunde colonels César Nkoyo, Dodet Kamanda, Damiano Mbaenda, and Akilimali Shemondo.

[4] After its split from the NDC, the NDC-R started gaining support from both mining entrepreneurs in the CEMIKA cooperative and local civilians who were becoming increasingly worried that Sheka's bad reputation would become a problem in defending the interest of the Walikale Territory.

[4] With most of the former NDC being defeated Guidon outlined a set of new priorities, including the fight against the FDLR, promising that the indigenous population could control its land and resources, and the increased representation of Nyanga in the Congolese government and army.

[4] Even before Sheka's surrender to the MONUSCO the NDC had already lost much of its former power that the Congolese could start a new set of operations against the FLDR in late 2015.

This move into south Lubero was unusual as most armed groups in the Kivus tended to operate in their respective ethnic communities and not venture out much.

The group led by Kakule Sikuli also known as “Lafontaine” had been controlled the gold-rich hills surrounding Bunyatenge and Pitakongo and just so happened to be an ally of the FDLR.

There NDC-R forces teamed up with Mazembe militias in attacking Nyatura groups, who had been supported and trained by the FDLR.

In late 2018 the NDC-R started to expand into northern Masisi Territory, taking advantage of the recent split within the APCLS.

On 30 October 2019 NDC-R attacked CMC alliance capturing Katsiru, Kiyeye, Kitunda, Maziza, JTN, Kayangare and Mbuhi villages in Rutshuru Territory.

[5][4] In December 2019, Guidon announced a new coalition between his group and many of his allies known as Réseau des patriotes résistants congolais (RPRC).

[4] On 8 July 2020, deputy leader Gilbert Bwira Shuo attempted to gain control of the group from Shimiray Guidon.

[11] Inside of area of NDC-R's control, survivors have claimed that several fighters would take women and girls away and rape them.

[6] An activist gave this account: "When (NDC-R fighters) meet pretty underage girls, they forcibly take them to their camps.… They use them as wives for a while, then chase them away.