M 23 is one of the better armed rebel groups in the east of cogo. Can shoot down aircraft, which has added weight to accusations that it was behind the shooting down over u n helicopter back in march. So conger's army has had to redeploy troops that were previously fighting gehades affiliated to islamic state d as a group called the allied democratic forces,. And perhaps mostport ly, the return to prominence on m 23 tragically signals a renewed meddling in eastern congo by the country's neighbors.