Nearly 30 people have been killed over the past week in clashes between the Congolese army and one of the armed groups operating in the east of the country, a spokesman for local United Nations peacekeepers said in Bunia on Thursday. The fatalities include 24 insurgents and five soldiers, Prosper Felix Basse said. Six soldiers and one peacekeeper were injured. The army and UN peacekeepers clashed with the Patriotic Resistance Force of Ituri (FPRI) in Walendu-Bindi, Basse said, adding that the rebels had fled, dpa reported.
