The Revolutionary Movement of the Congo (, or MRC) was a coalition of rebel groups involved in the

Ituri Conflict The Ituri conflict () is an ongoing low-intensity conflict, low intensity asymmetrical warfare, asymmetrical conflict between the farmer, agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralism, pastoralist Hema (ethnicity), Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri Provin ...

in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

which was active between approximately 2006 and 2007.D.R. Congo: Violence Threatens Elections in North Kivu
Human Rights Watch The MRC emerged in Ituri District,

in September 2006. Rather than a rebel group in its own right, it was chiefly a coalition of different independent rebel groups including the

Patriotic Resistance Front of Ituri The Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (; FRPI) is a Bunia-based armed militia and political party primarily active in the south of the Ituri Province of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly the Orientale Province). It is a ...

(FRPI), Party for Unity and Safeguarding of the Integrity of Congo (PUSIC),

Union of Congolese Patriots The Union of Congolese Patriots (, or UPC) is a political and militia group in Ituri, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, formed towards the end of the Second Congo War. It was founded by Thomas Lubanga in 2001 and was one of six su ...

(UPC),

Nationalist and Integrationist Front The Nationalist and Integrationist Front (, or FNI) is a rebel group active in the Ituri conflict in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, associated with the Lendu ethnic group. The FNI has fought against ethnic Hema and is blamed for the a ...

(FNI), Armed Forces of the Congolese People (FAPC), and the Rally for Congolese Democracy-KML (RCD-KML). It was led by Bwambale Kabolele and

Bosco Ntaganda Bosco Ntaganda (born 5 November 1973) is a Congolese former rebel leader and convicted war criminal. He was the former military chief of staff of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), a rebel that group operated in the No ...

and received foreign support, probably from

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

and

Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...

which were competing for influence in the eastern Congo at the time. The MRC, along with the FNI and FRPI, agreed to a disarmament deal on 22 August 2007.DR Congo: Ex-militia Members Agree To Disarm
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*{{cite book, last=Arnold, first=Guy, chapter=Congo, Democratic Republic, title=The A to Z of Civil Wars in Africa, year=2008, location=Plymouth, isbn=978-0-8108-7048-2, publisher=Scarecrow Press Rebel alliances Rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2006 establishments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Military units and factions of the Ituri conflict

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