Continued Rwandan-Ugandan tensions, clashes

Continued tension between the Goma-based Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) and the RCD-Mouvement de liberation (RCD-ML) rebel factions and their Rwandan and Ugandan backers was another cause of insecurity in eastern DRC, the sources told IRIN on Wednesday. They said troop movements in the east had taken place throughout September and October, and frequent clashes between Ugandan and Rwandan troops were reported in the Kanyabayonga area of North Kivu during October. After most Ugandan troops withdrew from Kisangani following the August clashes with Rwandan forces in the city, they had taken strategic positions in the interior of Province Orientale, and “the population of Kisangani lives in fear of a new clash”, one source said.