[Bangla Daily Star] The army in Democratic Republic of Congo was engaged yesterday in heavy fighting... as opposed to the more usual light or desultory fighting...
in Nord-Kivu province with mutineers who have formed a new rebel force, the rebels and a government official said.
"The festivities are going on at Bunagana. We are six kilometres (four miles) from the town of Bunagana," a mutineer who was formerly a member of the rebel National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) told AFP.
The fighting broke out on Thursday night close to the eastern border with Rwanda and Uganda.
"The situation is bad. The mutineers are close to Bunagana town. Residents who spent the night in Bunagana left this morning for Uganda," said an agent of the government's intelligence service based in the town.