Tension reported in UVIRA

Humanitarian sources say there are now believed to be some 50,000
internally displaced persons between Makobola, Luberizi, and Bwegera. They also report that tension is high again between Rwandan troops and the Congolese Banyamulenge Tutsis in the Uvira region. Some local sources say the roots of this latest tension stem from attempts by the Banyamulenge to set up a RCD-Uvira branch of the Congolese rebel movement in mid-December
and the subsequent failure of the Banyamulenge to try to stop night incursions by Mayi-Mayi forces in the region. Residents also report that in recent weeks there has been a lot of fighting in the mountains of Kamivira and that the local population there is extremely nervous. They added that in Baraka uncontrolled-armed groups are attacking the local population and looting villages.