10 November 2009 – The number of civilians fleeing tribal violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into neighbouring Republic of Congo since last week has topped 21,800, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
Details about the clashes between two tribes in northern DRC that began in early November are emerging now that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Republic of Congo authorities have visited the civilians who fled and are scattered across villages along a 160-kilometre stretch of the Oubangi River that separates the two Congos.
Fighting first erupted in March between the Enyele and Munzaya tribes over disputes based on farming and fishing rights in the village of Dongo, in DRC’s Equateur province.
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