A group of internally displaced Congolese gather in the Mugunga III IDP camp in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on December 2, 2012.

A boy shelters from the rain under a truck in the Mugunga III IDP camp on December 2, 2012.

A man unloads sacks of food aid at the Mugunga III camp on December 2, 2012.

A boy is apprehended by a policeman after he was accused of stealing a bag of salt in the Mugunga III IDP camp on December 2, 2012.

M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27 kms west of Goma, Nov. 30.

M23 rebel fighters walk as they withdraw near the town of Sake, Nov. 30.

A M23 rebel fighter walks past a resident as they withdraw from the town of Sake in the Congo.

M23 rebel fighters withdraw near the town of Sake, some 42 km (26 miles) west of Goma, Nov. 30.

Congolese national police officers arrive at a port on Lake Kivu, Goma, Nov. 30, as Congolese Revolutionary Army (CRA) rebels prepare their final withdrawal from the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

M23 rebel fighters rush from Goma to the town of Sake to reinforce positions as residents of Sake flee with their belongings on the road between Goma and Sake in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 22, 2012. Many of the fleeing residents stopped at an internally displaced person camp between Sake and Goma.

Women run after Congolese soldiers and rebel fighters battle over the eastern Congolese town of Sake, Nov. 22. The woman in orange, identified as Mamou, said she lost her husband by a fatal wound to the head from incoming mortar rounds. Thousands fled the M23 controlled town as the militants seeking to overthrow the government vowed to push forward despite mounting international pressure.

Thousands of Congolese flee the town of Sake, about 16 miles west of Goma, following fresh fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nov. 22.

Congolese children sit on a step in front of M23 rebels in Sake, Nov. 22, 2012. Rebels took the town yesterday, but were engaged in heavy gunfighting this afternoon as government-allied militia tried to retake it.

A woman who fled her home in Sake emerges from a shelter at an internally displaced person camp in Mugunga, between Goma and Sake, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 22.

Surrendered police officers hand in their weapons at the Volcanoes Stadium in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on November 21, 2012. M23 rebels, who took the city yesterday, called on any remaining policemen and army soldiers to assemble at the stadium this morning to officially surrender.

Residents of Goma react as they listen to a M23 rebel group spokesman speak at the Volcanoes Stadium in Goma on November 21, 2012.

Spokesman of the M23 rebel group Lieutenant-Colonel Vianney Kazarama arrives at the Volcanoes Stadium in Goma on November 21, 2012. Kazarama addressed the population of Goma in an attempt to calm and reassure the civilians following the fall of Goma to M23 rebels yesterday.

Congolese gather on the roadside at an impromptu site for the displaced in Kanyarucinya on the outskirts of Goma back dropped by the Nyiragongo volcano in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Aug. 3, 2012. Clashes between local militia and government forces in northern Democratic Republic of Congo have sent 2,000 people fleeing into neighboring Uganda, various sources said Friday.

Internally displaced Congolese sit in a school on the outskirts of Goma, eastern Congo on Aug. 3.

Congolese government troops load onto a truck outside the U.N.'s main base in Goma, eastern Congo, on Aug. 3.

A soldier of the M23 rebel group stands atop a hill overlooking Bunagana in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 23, 2012. Several top commanders in the rebel movement were in Bunagana on Monday for a meeting, whilst a relative calm prevailed in the rebel-held territory.

A displaced woman, who fled fighting near Walikale, holds her child at Magunga III camp, outside the city of Goma, on July 23, 2012.

A UN peacekeeping patrol drives through Goma on July 23, 2012.

Families fleeing fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels walk toward Goma on July 23, 2012.

United Nations peacekeepers stand deployed with an armored personnel carrier in Goma on July 10, 2012. The United Nations' Stabilisation Mission for the Congo (MONUSCO) deployed peacekeepers at key positions around the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province following a threat by M23 rebels to advance on the city.

An Indian United Nations peacekeeper digs new defenses on a hill on the outskirts of Goma on July 13, 2012. The commander in charge of this hilltop said that this position would be "the last line of defense" against an advance by M23 rebels, should they threaten Goma.

Brigadier-General Harinder Singh, the United Nations brigade commander for North Kivu, is followed by General Lucien Bahuma, the new commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) for North Kivu, following a strategy meeting above the village of Kibumba I, around 20km from the city of Goma, on July 11, 2012.

A Congolese man watches over a slow-burning wood pile covered in turf, used to produce charcoal, in the hills of Masisi territory near Kitchanga on July 16, 2012.

A woman carries a large bundle of firewood on her back near the town of Kitchanga in North Kivu province on July 16, 2012. Many people in this part of eastern Congo, in Masisi territory, rely on rapidly dwindling woodland for their livelihoods, either directly as firewood or through producing charcoal which is transported to Goma, the provincial capital, for sale.

Soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) stand guard on the road between Goma and Rutshuru near the village of Kibumba I on July 11, 2012. The FARDC has deployed forces around Goma to repel any possible advance by M23 rebels on Goma.

Roger Meece, Special Representative to the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, left, and Julien Paluku, governor of North Kivu province, second left, leave a press conference in Goma on July 12, 2012. Meece said that the mandate of the UN mission in Congo was to protect civilians and therefore the use of force to prevent the advance of M23 is legitimate.

Residents of Kitchanga sit outside a small shop in the small town in Masisi territory on July 16, 2012. M23 rebels are believed to be marching through the Virunga National Park from Rutshuru towards this town, which could potentially be used as a staging ground for a western march on Goma, the provincial capital. The town is currently held by the Congolese government army, but with many soldiers being ex-CNDP (Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple - a rebel group that was integrated into the army in 2009), there are fears that they could defect to join M23, which is largely formed of former CNDP fighters.