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More than 50,000 Flee New Armed Attacks in Eastern DR Congo

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The U.N. refugee agency is racing to help tens of thousands of
   Congolese forced to flee a recent upsurge of violence in eastern
   Democratic Republic of Congo.

   More than two-thirds of the DR Congo's 5.5 million internally displaced
   people fled because of armed conflict in North Kivu and Ituri
   provinces. The latest surge of fighting, which has displaced more than
   50,000 people, is compounding the misery of a displaced population that
   is the largest in Africa.

   The U.N. refugee agency reported that brutal attacks in North Kivu,
   many blamed on the armed group Allied Democratic Forces, have displaced
   a huge number of children, including many who are unaccompanied.

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