DRC: Agencies cannot reach IDPs trapped by fighting

GOMA Wednesday, November 12, 2008 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of civilians forced from their homes by fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are still beyond the reach of international aid, two weeks after the launch of a rebel offensive. Swathes of countryside previously safe for humanitarian operations are now under the control of renegade general, Laurent Nkunda, head of the rebel Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP). Despite his promises to open relief corridors...