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Article: Congo clashes.(WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP)(government insurgency in Democratic Republic of the Congo )(Brief article)
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- November 17, 2008
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[3] GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Fierce fighting between rebels and Congo's army has forced more than a quarter million people from their homes on the grasslands of central Africa. Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda says he is fighting to force the government to protect ethnic Tutsis, who are minorities in Congo, from ethnic Hutu militias. If the government refuses to act, "we will fight them, because we have to ...