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Congo refugees return home after ceasefire

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Source: CCTV.com | 10-31-2008 10:43

Over in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of refugees have started returning to their villages, as gunfire dies down around the city of Goma following ceasefire.

Hundreds of refugees have started returning to their villages, as gunfire dies down around the city of Goma following ceasefire.(CCTV.com)
Hundreds of refugees have started returning to their
villages, as gunfire dies down around the city of 
Goma following ceasefire.(CCTV.com)

Villagers returning home must make their way through Wednesday's frontline, where bodies still lie scattered on the road, amid empty boxes of ammunition.

Aid workers say two years of violence have forced nearly one million people from their homes.

Meanwhile, the UN peacekeeping force is preparing to send reinforcements to the city, which is considered an important trading center on the border with Rwanda.

 

Editor:Zhang Pengfei