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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Fighting reignited in eastern Congo on Monday between government forces and those of a renegade general, despite calls for peaceful resolution by both sides.
Sylvie Van Den Wildenberg, a U.N. spokeswoman in the provincial capital of Goma, said former Gen. Laurent Nkunda's forces clashed with government troops around the village of Ngungu on Monday morning, though the area appeared calm by the afternoon. Casualty figures were not immediately available.
Reached by phone, Nkunda told The Associated Press said that he had not abandoned a peace process started this year and accused the Kinshasa-based government of attacking his forces to provide a reason to end negotiations.
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