[UAH] WHY AND HOW CAN A FOREIGN REBEL GROUP OCCUPY A CITY OF ANOTHER COUNTRY

DRC refugees refused entry into Uganda

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Refugees from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wait on 13 July, 2013 at the Busunga border in western Uganda. More than 30,000 refugees have fled violence in the eastern DRC.Picture:AFP

Jean-Jacques Cornish | 8 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG - Nearly 500, 000 people have fled the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo into Uganda to avoid attacks by rebel fighters.

The United Nations refugee agency says more than 1,000 people are gathered at the border following an attack on a frontier town by a Uganda-based irregular force.

Desperate to secure the situation, the Ugandan army is stopping people from crossing the border. 

The flood of refugees has left people without food and adequate shelter.

The Eastern DRC town of Kamango, seized by Ugandan rebels, has reportedly been retaken by the Congolese National Army.

The rebels are based in mineral rich eastern DRC where numerous armed groups have caused havoc over the past two decades. 

This is the area where South Africans are deployed in an intervention force.

The UN has updated its estimate of the refugee count, saying at least 30,000 more Congolese people are now seeking shelter in Uganda following attacks that started last Thursday. 

South African, Tanzanian and Malawian forces have been deployed in the Eastern DRC with powers to attack rebels rather than merely monitor their activities.  

(Edited by Gia Kaplan) 

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