Thousands of Congo refugees flee fighting to Uganda
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At least 12,000 refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have crossed over the border into southwest Uganda, a Ugandan army spokesman said on Wednesday.
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The Congolese say more than 6,000 Rwandans have crossed the border and are attacking and burning villages. From the eastern town of Beni, Congolese regional cooperation minister Mbusa Nyamwisi said villages were being targeted nearby.
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Thousands of civilians were on Thursday fleeing clashes near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Goma between Rwandan Hutu rebels and unidentified opponents, a senior UN official told AFP.
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United Nations mediators  announced a ceasefire on Thursday between Democratic Republic  of Congo&#39;s army and the forces of a renegade general whose  advance towards an eastern town forced thousands of refugees to  flee.
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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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A UN relief official tours war-torn areas of DR Congo and warns more people could be displaced by fighting.
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Thousands of civilians have fled their homes after clashes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday, but it was unclear who was behind the violence.
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Thousands of Congolese reportedly flee to Uganda as a renegade general and DR Congo's army clash.
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The number of refugees in eastern Sri Lanka climbed past 100,000 after heavy fighting in rebel-held parts of the island forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes in recent days, the Red Cross said on Saturday.
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France evacuated hundreds more citizens fleeing violence in Ivory Coast on Thursday as opposition leaders from its former colony gathered in South Africa for talks aimed at rebuilding peace.
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More Sudanese refugees flee across the border into Chad following reports of renewed violence in the Darfur region.
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Tens of thousands of Kikuyus, the tribe of Kenyaâs president, have fled because of ethnic violence.
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The army and U.N. peacekeepers sent reinforcements to eastern Congo on Friday after clashes involving gunmen loyal to a renegade general forced civilians to flee.
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ORAPWOYO, Uganda  - Nine years ago, Santonino Otok fled his home in the green fields of northern Uganda for a refugee camp, fearing attack by marauding rebels.
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France evacuated hundreds more citizens  fleeing violence in Ivory Coast on Thursday as opposition  leaders from its former colony gathered in South Africa for  talks aimed at rebuilding peace.
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More than 10,000 people fled the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn eastern province for neighbouring Burundi last year, Burundi's interior ministry said Saturday.
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More than 100,000 Congolese have fled renewed fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo army and rebels in the battle-torn east of the country, United Nations officials said yesterday.