I am not following this conflict. One African based human rights newsletter that I receive says that the M23 rebels are the good guys from Rwanda, protecting the Tutsi minority (many of whom fled that country and live in the area), but most of the western press sees them as the bad guys.
Now Uganda is entering the fray.
This video from DDIndia has a good summary about the conflict (first part of the video).
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AlJazeerah report here.
The M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of eastern DRC’s trillions of dollars in mineral wealth, critical in the production of much of the world’s technology.
Notice the accusations of killing children, but the article admits a lot of these "Children" were carrying weapons, and that both sides were recruiting child soldiers.
Sigh.
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