A Congolese soldier carries a wounded comrade on a road north of Kibati) north of the provincial capital of Goma. Fresh fighting erupted Friday between rebels and government forces scattering thousands from a displaced people's camp. (AFP/Walter Astrada)From AFP:
KIBATI, DR Congo (AFP) – Government troops reinforced front-line positions Saturday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where calm prevailed a day after fighting broke out with rebel forces.
On the heels of a regional summit in Nairobi that called for a ceasefire, a UN official told AFP that Angolan soldiers had joined in combat Friday -- despite Kinshasa's denials that no foreign troops are on Congolese soil.
If the presence of foreign troops is verified, it would mark a significant regionalisation of a conflict that international experts fear could trigger yet another humanitarian catastrophe in central Africa.
The situation appeared calm Saturday along the front line on the northern edge of Kibati, a small town 12 kilometres (seven miles) from the Nord-Kivu provincial capital of Goma.
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