9 Dead in Eastern Congo Clashes
Clashes between rival militia groups in eastern Congo have killed nine fighters and reduced dozens of houses to smoldering ruins, aid officials said Friday. The fighting erupted a week ago in Minembwe, a remote town about 120 miles southwest of the eastern lakeside city of Uvira, said Maj. Gabriel de Brosses, a spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo. Full Story