The mutiny risks dragging the loosely governed central African state back into war and damaging fragile relations with neighbouring Rwanda, which has repeatedly denied allegations that the rebels are receiving cross-border support. NAIROBI (AlertNet) – Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has pushed almost 17,000 refugees into Uganda over the last five days and there could be more displacement to come, aid agencies say, as the vast country grapples with the worst clashes in years.Ĭongo's north Kivu province has been shaken by violence since late March after hundreds of former rebels defected from the army in support of a renegade general, Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for suspected war crimes. Fighting in Congo's north Kivu flared up in March after hundreds of former rebels defected from the army in support of renegade general Bosco Ntaganda
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