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| East/Subsaharan Africa |
| Gun battle in DR Congo town |
| 2003-06-24 |
| EFL French peacekeepers have exchanged gunfire with ethnic militia fighters in the war-torn town of Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo. French troops rushed in to crush a suspected incursion by ethnic Lendu fighters. The clash came as a deadline expired for the gunmen to disarm. Most of the ethnic Hema fighters in control of Bunia have complied, but a small number have remained to protect the leadership. A French-led international peacekeeping force had given all armed groups until 1100 local time on Tuesday to pull out of the town or be forcibly disarmed. Times up |
| Posted by:Steve |