DRC: At least 20 civilians killed in North Kivu clashes

KINSHASA Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - Tens of civilians were killed and many more wounded during fighting between rebels of the Congrès national pour la libération du Congo (CNDP) led by renegade general, Laurent Nkunda, and a coalition of regular army and Mai Mai militias in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UN sources and human rights activists said. “Eyewitnesses in Kiwanja [near Rutshuru, 70km north of Goma in North Kivu] told Human Rights Watch [HRW] that at least 20...