M23 isn't a Tutsi group, it is all Kinyarwanda-speaking Congolese group.

Usually called Banyarwanda or Rwandaphones.

The M23 problem goes way back even 200 years ago but let me start from the 70s and how the arrival of FDLR in Congo worsened the situation.

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Congolese Tutsi and Hutus have lived in Congo for generations in harmony things got worse with the arrival of Interahamwe (FDLR) in Congo after committing Genocide in Rwanda.

NOTE: They were Welcomed with their arm by Congo’s government and that's when problems increased.

Now that M23 has agreed to withdraw what’s next?

Well, their withdrawal is not news they did it in 2013 and I predicted their return this is mainly because the people they fight for are killed every time they retreat

Is M23 testing EAC?
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#DRC #M23 #Rebels Looking at both Luanda and Nairobi process there is high chance they won’t be implemented by Kinshasa making it easy for rebels to enjoy impunity in the eastern DRC.

This will give FDLR, Mai Mai, Pareco, and others more power to recruit and control different territories.

UGANDA-RWANDA THE ISSUE IS NOT THE BORDER:

In the 90s when The RPF had just come to power in Kigali. Back then RPF officials were surprised when Museveni wanted to dictate who should be president and who should be in what position in the cabinet.

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Thread/ Further, he wanted to be able to summon Rwandan officials to Kampala for instructions, even when this violated standard state-to-state protocol.

For instance, he was in constant communication with Kayumba Nyamwasa when the latter was the army Chief of Staff,