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The story intensifies with the Rwandan genocide in 1994, pushing a significant number of Hutu refugees into the DRC and exacerbating the already tenuous relationships between the Hutu and Tutsi communities present in the country. The eventual rise of the M23 rebel group is tied directly to the failure of the DRC's leadership, particularly President Félix Tshisekedi, to engage constructively with these marginalized groups.