The Revolutionary Movement of the Congo (french: Mouvement révolutionnaire du Congo, or MRC) was a coalition of rebel groups involved in the

Ituri Conflict The Ituri conflict (french: Guerre d'Ituri) is an ongoing conflict between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). While the two groups had ...

in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

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 Ituri District (french: District de l'Ituri, nl, District Iruri), later Kibali-Ituri District, was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It roughly corresponded in area to the present Ituri Province. Belgian Co ...

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 (french: Force de résistance patriotique d’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 th ...

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

Union of Congolese Patriots The Union of Congolese Patriots (french: Union des Patriotes congolais, 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 Lub ...

(UPC), Nationalist and Integrationist Front (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 convicted war criminal and the former military chief of staff of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), an armed militia group operating in the North Kivu province of the Democrati ...

and received foreign support, probably from

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country 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 south by Tanzania. The sou ...

and Rwanda 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 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 Military units and formations established in 2006

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