09 November 2008 - 11H15
UN reports heavy fighting west of Goma
The MONUC, the UN Mission in Congo, has reported fresh fighting concentrated at Ngungu, 60 km west of Goma in the province of North Kivu. Thousands have fled to the MONUC to seek shelter.
Fresh fighting broke out between rebels and government troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Sunday, United Nations sources said.
"There have been heavy weapons clashes since 5.00 am (0300 GMT) this morning," the spokesman for the UN mission in Congo (MONUC) Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Paul Dietrich told AFP.
He said the fighting was concentrated at Ngungu, some 60 kilometres (35 miles) west of Goma, the provincial capital of Nord-Kivu.
"Thousands of people are arriving at the MONUC base at Ngungu" to take shelter from the fighting, he said.
Ngungu is the gateway to neighbouring Sud-Kivu province.
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