DRC: Residents flee as RCD-Goma fights Mayi-Mayi in east
Thousands of residents were forced to flee into a nearby forest when Rwandan-backed Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) forces attacked the town of Kampene, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Missionary Service News Agency (Misna) reported on Saturday.
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DRC: Residents flee as RCD-Goma fights Mayi-Mayi in east
NAIROBI, 10 June (IRIN) - Thousands of residents were forced to flee into a nearby forest when Rwandan-backed Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) forces attacked the town of Kampene, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Missionary Service News Agency (Misna) reported on Saturday.
The Italian-based agency reported that the local hospital, social structures and the Roman Catholic mission were looted. It reported that the fighting took place 6 and 7 June in Kampene, some 500 km southwest of Bukavu, in the Maniema region. Misna said that a month earlier, a Mayi-Mayi faction called the Kaka Sawa (Righteous Brothers) had seized control of the gold- and coltan-rich area from RCD-Goma.
While the exact toll of the fighting in Kampene remained unknown, Misna reported that the town was deserted.
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