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Civilians flee military operations in eastern DR Congo
Jul 25, 2011, 14:47 GMT
Kampala - Over 100 civilians have fled to Uganda to escape military operations against rebel groups in the conflict-prone eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an official said Monday.
Reuben Wansiima, a Ugandan police official, said 119 people had fled to Kisoro district in the neighbouring country over the past four days.
'The refugees are moving into here daily as the operations are still going on,' Wansiima said by telephone.
Congolese and Rwandan troops are conducting a joint operation against several groups, including remnants of ethnic-Hutu militias who were behind many of the mass killings during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, during which some 800,000 people perished.
The eastern region of DR Congo been destabilized owing to a proliferation of armed groups, many with origins or bases in nearby countries.
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