Over the past quarter of a century, the resource-rich eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have served as operating bases for multiple rebel groups.

The March 23 Movement commonly known as M23 is among more than 100 armed groups operating in this region where conflict is escalating, especially in recent months.

For some, M23 is an expression of popular anger over a dysfunctional Congolese government, corruption and abuses – abuses, historically, that have been particularly felt by Congolese of Rwandan origin.

While for others, it is the latest in a long line of Rwandan-linked rebel movements that represented a proxy for the economic or security ambitions of Rwanda.

In this episode of african biorgaphics, we look at the origins of congos’s m23 rebels who are currently wreaking havoc in the country.
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