DRC: Town Braces For Rebel Attack

Hundreds of civilians are fleeing the town of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo amid fears of renewed fighting between government forces and a renegade commander who seized the town of Bukavu last month with what a new U.N. report says was the backing of the Rwandan government, Reuters reported. Forces loyal to Laurent Nkunda clashed with D.R.C. army troops near Goma last Thursday and are said to be planning an attack on the town despite the presence of 13,000 D.R.C. government soldiers there.