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Civilians uprooted by new Congo violence
NEW YORK, Fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has uprooted almost 90,000 civilians from their homes in the east of the country, the United Nations says.
Clashes between the national army and the Ugandan rebel group known as the Allied Democratic Forces-National Army for the Liberation of Uganda have killed at least six civilians and wounded dozens of others, a U.N. release said Friday.
The rebel ADF started carrying out attacks inside Uganda from strongholds in the west of that country and bases in neighboring DRC in 1996, but the region has been mostly quiet since 2004 following a major offensive by the Ugandan army against it.
"Since the start of the military operations, new cases of killing and other human rights abuses have been registered in the affected areas," the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
The majority of the internally displaced persons are staying with host families, while some are seeking refuge in schools and churches.
Access to the affected areas for humanitarian efforts is difficult because of the high level of insecurity in the area, the U.N. release said.
NEW YORK, Fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has uprooted almost 90,000 civilians from their homes in the east of the country, the United Nations says.
Clashes between the national army and the Ugandan rebel group known as the Allied Democratic Forces-National Army for the Liberation of Uganda have killed at least six civilians and wounded dozens of others, a U.N. release said Friday.
The rebel ADF started carrying out attacks inside Uganda from strongholds in the west of that country and bases in neighboring DRC in 1996, but the region has been mostly quiet since 2004 following a major offensive by the Ugandan army against it.
"Since the start of the military operations, new cases of killing and other human rights abuses have been registered in the affected areas," the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
The majority of the internally displaced persons are staying with host families, while some are seeking refuge in schools and churches.
Access to the affected areas for humanitarian efforts is difficult because of the high level of insecurity in the area, the U.N. release said.
