Sporadic fighting in Kisangani

Sporadic fighting continued in Kisangani on Wednesday morning despite a ceasefire brokered by UN militaryo bservers. "Generally there is calm interrupted every hour when there is shelling and gunfire, but it is not as bad as the last two days," Major Ahmed Jamil, an officer with UN mission MONUC in Kisangani, told IRIN. A senior Rwandan military official told IRIN that fighting stopped on Tuesday simply because night fell. "It was not a cessation of hostilities. People stopped because of the dark, there no ceasefire to talk about now," he said. Ugandan army spokesman Major Pheneas Katirima said there were two attacks on Ugandan positions on Wednesday morning which were repulsed. Meanwhile, the town is still without electricity and water following damage to the only power station in the area. The city's two airports, which are the only supply routes for gasoline and food, remained closed on Wednesday.