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Report: Clashes between govt., rebels kill 30 in Congo

Clashes between rebels and soldiers in eastern Congo killed at least 30 people, including civilians and a United Nations peacekeeper, the director of an activist group said Monday.

 

Rebels from the Allied Defense Forces attacked government forces Sunday in Eringeti in North Kivu province, said Omar Kavota, executive director of a local group that tracks these attacks. The United Nations said its nearby base was also attacked.

 

Rebels, a U.N. peacekeeper, civilians and soldiers were among the dead after 10 hours of fighting, according to the information from the Center of Study for the Promotion of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights.

 


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