April 2012: a mutiny on the part of group of colonels and soldiers from the Congolese government armed forces, FARDC, led to the creation of a political and military force with the name of M23. The revolutionaries, successors of the CNDP and accused by both the UN and the government of Kinshasa of being supported by Rwanda, demanded more rights and greater safety for the Tutsi minority, declared war on corruption and support for both the decentralisation of power from Kinshasa and a renewal of the government army. In just 3 months their military strength allowed them to take control of the the provincial capital Goma, subjugating the local Today the region is under siege. There are over 700 thousand refugees in the region. Murder is the order of the day. The northern region of Kivu is descending into fratricidal conflict, with the Hutu set against the Tutsi once more; once again, this fans the flames of the nightmarish situation that is more a reality than a risk in The Great Lakes Region: racial hatred and ethnic cleansing.