The UN refugee agency reports more than 8,500 Congolese refugees have crossed the border into Uganda since the latest round of fighting started in August - some 2,500 of them over the past few days.

• 联合国难民署报告说，几千名刚果难民在过去几天逃到乌干达和卢旺达，寻求安全庇护地点，躲避北基伍省日益升级的战斗。忠于叛军头目恩孔达的反对派军队大举入侵了以前由卡比拉总统的刚果军队占有的东部城镇戈马附近的领地。