The United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday that at least 10,000 Congolese refugees crossed into Uganda Monday following renewed fighting between the Congolese army and renegade troops in the north-east of the vast country, according to dpa. The refugees - mostly women and children - crossed at Bunagana border post, about 500 kilometres west of Kampala and were receiving relief assistance from the UN and other charities, the Kampala office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UHHCR) said in a statement. "The displaced Congolese said they were fleeing fighting between the government army (FRDC) and the militia led by General Laurent Nkunda," UNHCR said. Nkunda's forces which comprises mostly of ethnic Tutsis, refused to integrate with the government forces and have been controlling much of the area in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that borders Uganda and Rwanda.
