Congo sect in deadly poll clashes
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At least 36 people are killed in clashes between a religious sect and DR Congo police in an election dispute.
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Fierce fighting Saturday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo among local militias, the army and rebels loyal to a renegade general forced thousands to flee, the UN and Congolese army said.
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An opposition MP is killed in Kenya, as violence continues over last month's disputed election.
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Clashes broke out between Congo's army and fighters loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda on Monday, threatening to shatter a fragile three-week ceasefire in the troubled east, U.N. and army officials said.
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KINSHASA, Congo, DEC. 21, 2004 .- The Kinshasa government has to resolve the causes of aggression against the country from neighboring Rwanda, says a leading Congolese bishop.
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Congolese forces used excessive force in  fierce street battles in Kinshasa last March during which  around 300 people were killed, including civilians, a United  Nations human rights investigation concluded on Friday.
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people and stoking fears that sectarian divisions over when to hold elections could unleash further bloodshed. In a second dawn attack in the capital on Friday, guerrillas killed at
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Congolese Tutsi rebels and Mai Mai militia clashed on Monday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, breaking a ceasefire signed last week aimed at ending a long-running conflict, the two factions said.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 18 -- More than 40 people were killed Friday during clashes between Iraqi security forces and an obscure Shiite sect in southern Iraq, the deadliest violence since the U.S.-led coalition handed over control of the region last month, Iraqi officials said.
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Gunfire erupted outside Congo's election commission headquarters Sunday, killing at least one person as President Joseph Kabila remained short of the majority of votes needed for an outright win in Congo's historic election.
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At least 15 people are burned to death in a church in Kenya amid mounting violence since last week's elections.
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Rival factions of Congo&#39;s army battled in the eastern region of the vast country Saturday, killing several people, a top military official said.
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A former Congolese rebel leader, Floribert Chui Bin Kositi, was beaten to death in the country&#39;s restive eastern Kivu region, the UN-backed Okapi radio station said Monday.
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Dozens of people seeking refuge in a church in Kenya were burned to death by a mob in an escalation of ethnic violence that is threatening to plunge the country into chaos.
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A Sunni group that had called for a delay in voting quietly files its slate for balloting. â¢ Seven Iraqis were killed Thursday in clashes in Baghdad and the volatile city of Ramadi.
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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, although it was unclear who was behind the violence.
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Rebels battled pro-government militia fighters in eastern Congo on Monday, the first fighting in the volatile region since warring parties signed a peace deal last week.