Fighting erupted yesterday between M23 militiamen and government troops near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, where a European mercy flight arrived in the afternoon, sources said.
The aid mission is the first in an airlift announced last Saturday by the European Union to help the besieged city.
After a day of relative calm, clashes unfolded early yesterday near the village of Murambi, less than 30 kilometres west of Goma, local officials said.
Fighting was also reported further north, around 70 kms from Goma, an official there said.
The Democratic Republic of Congo accuses its neighbor Rwanda of supporting the group, something that Kigali denies, and regional countries have deployed a joint force aimed at stabilizing the region. END.
