DRC: Aid workers evacuated as militia fighting continues

KINSHASA Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Fifteen aid workers have been evacuated from the eastern province of North Kivu after fighting resumed between a rebel group and local militias - despite the declaration of a ceasefire by one of the groups last week. "Fifteen members of humanitarian organisations working in Rutshuru and Kiwandja were evacuated by MONUC [the UN Mission in the DRC] forces to Rugari [a local area]," said Lt Col Jean-Paul Dietrich, MONUC spokesman. The fighting is...