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UN Warns Of Ethnic Attacks In Eastern DR Congo

Fighting has killed over 100 people and wounded nearly 1,000 according to an AFP tally of hospital tolls, while a mass influx of displaced people has put further pressure on medical facilities (Credit: AFP)

The UN peacekeeping force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of the risk of ethnically motivated attacks as conditions deteriorate in the region, haunted by the legacy of the 1994 Rwanda genocide and its aftermath.

The warning came as the M23 armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the airport in the besieged Congolese city of Goma, a security source said, putting the eastern regional capital on the brink of falling.

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