Orb Standard: Africa

Tueday June 22

Some 36,000 people have fled the recent unrest

One of the renegade leaders who captured the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Bukavu has fled to neighbouring Rwanda.

Colonel Jules Mutebusi crossed the border with some 300 men, who had been disarmed, a Rwandan spokesman said.


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