Thousands Flee 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 Democratic Republic of  Congo, the United Nations' humanitarian arm said on Friday.
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The United Nations said Friday that foreign troops have crossed into Congo and called on outside forces to stop giving weapons and reinforcements to renegade soldiers battling army loyalists in Congo's eastern borderlands.
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Fighters loyal to a dissident general attacked army positions in eastern Congo with heavy weapons on Saturday, killing two soldiers and sending thousands of people fleeing into the bush, U.N. officials said.
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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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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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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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KILALO, Congo  - 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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GOMA, Congo, July 14 -- At least 100,000 people have been displaced in the volatile eastern region of Congo since January, when the government and a powerful renegade general agreed to combine their troops in an attempt to pacify the area, according to a U.N. Security Council report released...
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Thousands are fleeing villages in eastern Sri Lanka amid fighting between Tamil Tigers and government forces.
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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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BUKAVU, Congo  - United Nations mediators announced a ceasefire on Thursday between Democratic Republic of Congo'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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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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Rival factions in Congo&#39;s postwar army battled in the eastern region of the vast nation Saturday, killing several people, a top military official said.
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NAIROBI, Sept. 8 -- The prevalence and intensity of sexual violence against women in eastern Congo are "almost unimaginable," the top U.N. humanitarian official said Sunday after visiting the country's most fragile region, where militias groups have preyed on the civilian population for years.
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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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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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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.