GPI
Combined Major Factors:
Militarization
Society & Security
Domestic & International Conflict
Note the last two major factors are very close in rankings with on another and are closely associated with political violence because of political instability.
Political Pressure Group & Leaders:
FARDC (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo) – Army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which commits atrocities on citizens
FDLR (Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda) – Rwandan militia group made up of some of the perpetrators of Rwanda’s Genocide in 1994
CNDP (National Congress for the Defense of the People) – mainly Congolese Tutsis who want refugees returned and more representation in government
M23 – rebel group comprised largely from ex-CNDP forces