Calm is regained in DRC after clashes
Posted by African Press International on November 22, 2007
Kinshasa (DR Congo) Rutshuru in DR Congo’s north Kivu regained calm Thursday following Wednesday’s fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the insurgents loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda, APA learnt from reliable sources.
According to sources, the soldiers loyal to Nkunda attacked the FARDC positions first in Rukoro (75 kilometres away from Goma) then in Rutshuru.
But the loyalist forces have not lost any of the positions they control.
Sources of the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC) quoted Radio Okapi, the UN radio station in Congo, as saying the insurgents withdrew after MONUC pilled pressure on them.
According to FARDC’s Commander in the province, Wednesday’s combats killed 5 among the FARDC against 13 among Nkunda’s forces.
United Nations sources said thousands of displaced persons headed towards Kiwandja (10 km away from Rutshuru), in northern Goma.
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