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Some 10,000 flee Congo to Uganda Congo refugees return from Uganda
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The UN is investigating reports that some 10,000 Congolese refugees have fled insecurity fuelled by militia loyal to Gen Laurent Nkunda to Uganda. Most of the 10,000 people who fled into Uganda from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday have now gone home, says the UN refugee agency.
The exodus began on Tuesday and many are being put up in schools and homes close to the border in Kisoro District. A UNHCR spokeswoman said 1,500 remained in a Ugandan town close to the border.
Local authorities say some have crossed back into the Democratic Republic of Congo in search of water and materials and may return on Wednesday evening. The refugees say they fled into Uganda after a crowd stoned UN peacekeepers investigating an attack on two Congolese intelligence officers.
Gen Nkunda has been leading a rebellion in the east against the government. Observers believe the incident, in which the UN fired into the air, was orchestrated by a dissident general.
Nkunda's role
Army General Laurent Nkunda has been leading a rebellion in the east against the government.
An ethnic Tutsi, he has in the past been supported by Rwanda and is blamed for much of the instability in the east in recent years.An ethnic Tutsi, he has in the past been supported by Rwanda and is blamed for much of the instability in the east in recent years.
He says they are protecting the Banyamulenge - ethnic Tutsis who live in DR Congo from Rwandan rebels, some of whom are suspected to have participated in Rwanda´s 1994 genocide.He says they are protecting the Banyamulenge - ethnic Tutsis who live in DR Congo from Rwandan rebels, some of whom are suspected to have participated in Rwanda´s 1994 genocide.
The BBC's Sarah Grainger in Goma says that an attempt to integrate some of General Nkunda´s troops into Congo´s national army earlier this year is widely believed to have backfired.The BBC's Sarah Grainger in Goma says that an attempt to integrate some of General Nkunda´s troops into Congo´s national army earlier this year is widely believed to have backfired.
He now not only commands his own dissident forces, but also has control over those brigades of the national army into which his former troops were placed, our reporter says.He now not only commands his own dissident forces, but also has control over those brigades of the national army into which his former troops were placed, our reporter says.
Fear
Uganda already hosts about 29,000 refugees from eastern DR Congo which remains unstable, despite polls last year that marked the end of a civil war.Uganda already hosts about 29,000 refugees from eastern DR Congo which remains unstable, despite polls last year that marked the end of a civil war.
Congolese rogue general
A joint team of UN and Uganda government officials has gone to investigate the situation along Uganda's south-west border with DR Congo.
Local authorities say they believe those who returned to DR Congo will go back to Kisoro by the evening as they left most of their belongings at a primary school in Bunagana town where many sought shelter.
According to the UN's refugee agency, the refugees say they fled from militia loyal to Gen Nkunda.
The UN has provided assistance to more than 15,000 Congolese who have fled from North Kivu to Uganda over the last two years.The UN has provided assistance to more than 15,000 Congolese who have fled from North Kivu to Uganda over the last two years.