Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are expanding their territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo despite multiple peace agreements meant to end the fighting.

Led mostly by Congolese Tutsis, the M23 initially justified its insurgency – one of several currently roiling DRC – by citing a broken peace deal and discrimination against marginalised Tutsi communities in the east.

A military parade by the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo has raised concerns over an impending peace deal between Congo and Rwanda.

Congo's army and Rwandan-backed rebels are reinforcing military positions and blaming each other for flouting peace accords in an escalation that experts say risks reigniting the simmering conflict, which U.