Thousands Uprooted by Clashes in East Congo - U.N.
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GOMA, Congo  - Thousands of civilians have fled  their homes after clashes in the east of the Democratic  Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday, although  it was unclear who was behind the violence.
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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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JOHANNESBURG The United Nations reported Thursday that thousands of civilians had fled a battle zone in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the Rwandan border, heightening fears that a civil war that claimed as many as three million lives in the
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Renegade soldiers are continuing to battle troops loyal to the Congolese government in fighting that has displaced at least 100,000 people in eastern Congo over the last week, UN officials said.
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United Nations troops deployed amid lush hills in eastern Congo on Wednesday to set up a buffer zone to stop clashes between rival army factions that have uprooted thousands and raised tensions with Rwanda.
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Violent unrest in eastern DR Congo may spark a mass exodus of refugees, the United Nations warns.
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Days of clashes between the army and Rwandan and Congolese militias in eastern Congo have killed at least 23 combatants and forced thousands to flee, the army and U.N. officials said Tuesday.
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KINSHASA, Congo -- United Nations peacekeepers deployed an additional brigade in eastern Congo amid reports that Rwanda was threatening to attack Rwandan rebels based in its huge neighbor, UN officials said yesterday.
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Rival factions in Congo are forcibly recruiting hundreds of children and sending them to fight on the front lines of an escalating conflict in the east of the country, the United Nations said Friday.
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BUKAVU, Congo  - Government troops in eastern Congo battled Rwandan militiamen in growing violence between the former allies from the country's bloody 1998-2002 war, UN and Congo army officials said Monday.
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Renegade soldiers have advanced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, taking control of two more villages during clashes with government troops, United Nations officials said on Monday.
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The United Nations has called on all factions involved in several days of fighting in eastern Congo to agree to a cease-fire. Clashes continued Monday as the United Nations ordered the government
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The United Nations is to deploy peacekeepers to try to prevent further clashes in eastern DR Congo.
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Some 180,000 civilians have fled the fighting between renegade soldiers and army loyalists in eastern Congo in recent days, a human rights group said Tuesday, warning the exodus could be the start of a humanitarian disaster.
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At least 80,000 people have been displaced by fighting in north-eastern DR Congo, the UN says.
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Renegade soldiers have gained ground in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, taking control of two more villages during clashes with government troops, United Nations officials said on Monday.
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Armed groups in eastern Congo are  recruiting fighters in camps for those displaced by violence,  the U.N. refugee chief said on Sunday, as diplomats tried to  revive a peace plan that has failed to halt fighting.