M23

Militias and rebel groups have plagued much of eastern DRC for decades, a legacy of regional wars that flared in the 1990s and 2000s

Fighting is exacerbated by the dire humanitarian crisis in Congo, where almost six million are displaced and hundreds of thousands face extreme food insecurity

The M23 insurgency stems from the fallout of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda

Each government regularly accuses the other of backing armed rebel groups it is seeking to quash

M23 is seeking dialogue with DR Congo and will in the meantime withdraw its troops from combat zones