Rwanda: Displaced and killed people, genocide still happening

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/94c9fe38becfd5468dbd8992fdb60849.htm
GOMA, 7 June (IRIN) - Three Congolese soldiers were killed, four were wounded and hundreds of civilians were displaced in the latest fighting on Sunday between government soldiers and Rwandan Hutu militiamen in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern province of North Kivu.
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Hundreds of the displaced civilians in Miriki fled to Kanyabayonga, according to the town's chief, Joël Luhonu. "For the moment, they are all staying with families there," he said. Amisi said calm had returned to Miriki, and called on the displaced civilians to return.

The Rwandan Hutu rebels based in eastern Congo have been accused of numerous attacks on civilians, particularly in South Kivu's Walungu territory and on the Ruzizi plains.
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http://news.monstersandcritics.com/mediamonitor/article_1006373.php/DRCongo_Displaced_civilians_in_urgent_need_of_relief_aid

Nairobi, 6 June: An estimated 7,400 civilians who fled violence in May in the Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu Province are in urgent need of relief aid, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) reported on Friday <3 June>.

"The humanitarian situation is urgent, mass displacement in the area, amid increasing tension and threats of new attacks," IRC said in a statement.

The displaced, from the village of Nindja, have sought refuge in and around the town of Walungu after Rwandan Hutu rebels attacked their homes on 23 May, killing 19 civilians, mutilating others and taking 50 others hostage.

IRC said there have been reports of subsequent ambushes in the region, including one on a truck carrying people who were trying to flee. The head of IRC's rapid response team, Gang Karume, said the attackers cut off hands and feet of several villagers.

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[medeak]

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