<br />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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />In this episode of african biorgaphics, we look at the origins of congos’s m23 rebels who are currently wreaking havoc in the country. <br />eadlines today breaking newhs<br />eadlines today breaking newhs
