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| DRC: UN to relocate 60,000 Congolese refugees from Goma |
| 2008-11-16 |
| (SomaliNet) The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is to relocate 60,000 refugees from the Congolese city of Goma. The two camps in which the refugees are currently living are under threat due to continued fighting between government troops and Tutsi rebels. The UN has also, for the first time in weeks, begun to hand out food to citizens in areas controlled by the rebels. A food convoy crossed the front line on Friday. As the fighting continues, there are signs that more and more foreign troops are joining in. It is believed that soldiers from Angola and Zimbabwe are now involved in the hostilities and that the rebels are receiving funds from Rwanda. Earlier on Friday, EU envoy Roeland van de Geer told Radio Netherlands Worldwide that President Joseph Kabila is now prepared to hold talks with rebel leader Laurent Nkunda. President Kabila had refused talks up to now but, the EU representative said, the rebels' military strength had changed his mind. |
| Posted by:Fred |