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The M23 demon: Could Rwanda ultimately invade eastern Congo?

M23 fighters at Kavumu hill in North Kivu, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in June 2012. The rebels have caused tensions in the region with an energised insurgency. PHOTO | AFP

By  GATETE NYIRINGABO

Researcher, Business lawyer and Writer

In this second and last instalment of the M23 problem, Gatete Nyiringabo explains how, when the region’s borders were drawn in Berlin, the minerals stayed on the Congo side and the Tutsi on the Rwandan one, both unable to cross over.

Here is Part I: The M23 problem, Kigali’s headache and some hard truths

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