UN-backed operations displace thousands in Congo
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As government soldiers dozed in  the abandoned market stalls and excited U.N. peacekeepers  celebrated reaching the town, several days late, a handful of  civilians squatted in a mud hut.
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Congo&#39;s government has announced that forces loyal to Kinshasa have ousted gunmen that seized a southern mining town earlier this week, killing 30 rebels.
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New York - About 800 foreigners have taken refuge at the UN mission in Abidjan, under guard of UN peacekeepers as &quot;unruly mobs&quot; roam the streets, a UN spokesperson said on Monday.
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At least 37 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters protesting against the results of governorship polls in Congo's most western province, officials said on Thursday.
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More than 150 rebels were killed when  U.N. peacekeepers fought off a rebel offensive in east Congo  last week, officials said on Tuesday, adding that the heavy  losses had led to surrenders among the divided insurgents.
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More than 150 rebels were killed when U.N. peacekeepers fought off a rebel offensive in east Congo last week, officials said on Tuesday, adding that the heavy losses had led to surrenders among the divided insurgents.
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Peacekeepers are mostly from former African Union corps since president has blocked troops from elsewhere
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Thousands of civilians are fleeing clashes between Rwandan Hutu rebels and unidentified opponents near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town of Goma, a senior UN official says.
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BUKAVU, Congo  - About 100,000 civilians in eastern Congo have fled a week of fighting between renegade soldiers and army loyalists, hiding deep into the forest where humanitarian workers cannot reach them, United Nations officials said Sunday.
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Weekend fighting between rival factions of the armed forces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has displaced an undisclosed number of people, official sources reported on Monday.
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United Nations troops have quashed a violent protest by backers of Jean-Pierre Bemba, the losing candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo's landmark presidential election.
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KINSHASA, Friday - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday began deploying troops to the east of the country amid reports that Rwandan forces were operating in the area and thousands of civilians were fleeing clashes.
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Armed gangs in Haiti have looted aid trucks and attacked food distribution centers in the chaos following tropical storm Jeanne. UN troops struggled to maintain order as gangs in the northwest city of Gonaives mobbed relief workers.
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A month after a massacre left more than 150 Congolese dead at a transit centre in Burundi after they had fled ethnic fighting in their own country, the United Nations refugee agency is preparing to relocate thousands of others away from the border area to
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War, disease and malnutrition are killing 45,000 Congolese every month in a conflict-driven humanitarian crisis that has claimed 5.4 million victims in nearly a decade, a survey released on Tuesday said.
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Renegade soldiers battled troops loyal to the Congolese government Sunday, UN officials said, adding that at least 100,000 people have fled a week of fighting in eastern Congo.
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GOMA, Congo -- UN observers encountered what they believed to be about 100 Rwandan troops in eastern Congo, a UN official said yesterday, marking the first reported UN sightings since Rwanda threatened to send in its forces against Rwanda Hutu rebels sheltering here.