A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo: There are now over HUNDRED rebel groups, mostly in the resource-rich east and northeast areas.

Escalating tensions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have once again drawn global attention to the security crisis in the African country’s mineral-rich eastern region.

Heavy fighting between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and the M23 rebel group in the country’s troubled North Kivu province has forced thousands of civilians to flee thei…