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 KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - New clashes erupted Friday between a renegade general's forces and government troops in eastern Congo, and the U.N. said violence was hampering efforts to deliver food to tens of thousands of displaced civilians.
The latest fighting pitting supporters of former Gen. Laurent Nkunda and army troops took place in Rumangabo, a village about 40 miles north of the regional capital, Goma, said Maj. Gabriel De Brosses, a spokesman for U.N. peacekeepers.
The two sides have clashed elsewhere in North Kivu province for a week. On Thursday, commanders agreed to a truce in the town of Sake, west of Goma.
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