rebel military group based in the eastern areas of dlc, mainly in the promise -- province of north kiku's leadership is made up of the tutsi ethnic group. the aim is to fight groups founded by hutus who fled rwanda after the genocide in 1994. the rebels merged with the congolese army under a peace deal, but in 2012, the agreement had not been upheld and broke away. 120 other rebel groups also operate in the region. ♪ let's bring in our guest. jafar is a reporter based in democratic republic of congo, or drc. joining us from nairobi is a drc researcher. and phoenix, who is from the drc. he joins us from tilburg in the never lens. -- netherlands. jafar, is the withdrawal of m 23 is a going to happen? jafar: we don't have much information on what is -- except the communication from m 23 and from the east african community. that and 23 is leaving the city today. as the eac in worn, we don't have much information at the moment. maybe later we will get it. believe in what is going on, because last time in december, they announced a withdrawal. the original [indiscernible] and media covered it