United Nations Radio

Fighting resumed Monday morning in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The fighting is between government troops and rebels loyal to General Laurent Nkunda, who attacked government positions near the town of Rushege. No casualties were reported. Meanwhile, the Mission says that despite reassurances given by the government, the regular army has still not redeployed around the town of Tongo, as agreed in a disengagement plan between the warring parties.

UN peacekeepers, meanwhile, continue to support government troops in a military campaign against some 250 fighters from the rebel Popular Front for Justice in the Congo in the Ituri region.

The fighting in that region continues to displace large numbers of civilians.

And, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), its latest assessment places at more than 50,000, the number of people who were forced to flee both the fighting and recurrent raids by Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.

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