With the cease fire, the front line between the RCD-Goma and the Forces Armées Congolaise cut off the north of Pweto from the south.

Basic government services are still not available, public infrastructure is in poor condition and the local economy is scarcely functional.

[3] The forests of Pweto territory were once home to thousands of pygmies, locally called Batembo, but only a few hundred families are left.

According to the FARDC, Mai-Mai Kata Katanga rebels had attacked local security forces who then repelled and killed several of them.

In contrast, locals stated that the soldiers had interpreted songs by the Mbidi sect for Mai-Mai Kata Katanga chants, causing the security forces to shoot civilians due to mistaking them for insurgents.