1.   The original rebel group, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, split in two, with Rwanda backing one side and Uganda the other.

2.   Another rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which broke off from the MNLF, has continued the struggle for a separate Islamic nation.

3.   Indonesia played a key role in peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front, once the largest Muslim rebel group in the southern Philippines.

4.   Lahapara is a stronghold of the Bodoland Liberation Tiger Front, a rebel group that shot into prominence last year.

5.   The government holds the west and southwest and the foreign-backed rebel groups the rest.

6.   The MILF is the largest Muslim rebel group currently fighting the government.

7.   The MILF is a splinter group from the MNLF, itself the principal Moslem rebel group in the southern Philippines.