Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda

Troops salute Laurent Nkunda as he arrives at a meeting with UN representatives Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images

National Congress for the Defence of the People fighters undergo a drill at a mountain camp in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, in November 2008 Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Nkunda poses for a portrait while flanked by rebel soldiers in 2008 Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

People queue for food at a refugee camp in Kibati, north of Goma, eastern Congo, less than a mile from the frontline between government forces and Nkunda's rebels Photograph: Sean Smith

Nkunda holds his trademark cane Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

A family carries a relative for burial in a camp for displaced people in Kibati. Eastern Congo still has more than a million displaced people Photograph: Lionel Healing/AFP/Getty Images

Nkunda with his wife, Elisabeth, after watching a military exercise in 2008 Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Rebel fighters loyal to Nkunda pictured on a truck in Kiwanja, Congo, in November 2008 Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/ Getty Images

A severely malnourished boy receives a mug of milk at a catholic mission in Congo in November 2008 Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters