The East African force (EAC), made up of soldiers from Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, and South Sudan, was set up to thwart insurgents in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For months now, they have proclaimed progress, saying the M23 rebels have quit key strongholds. But on the ground, residents tell of a whole other story. "The M23 are still there. The arrival of the EAC soldiers has changed nothing," says a man from Bunagana, a border town which the Ugandan army officially liberated from the M23 on March 31.