RWANDA, UGANDA IGNORE CEASEFIRE

RWANDAN and Ugandan troops resumed fighting for the fifth consecutive day on Friday in Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite orders from both sides for troops to cease hostilities. The sides have been exchanging artillery fire steadily from 8am. There were heavy gun battles late on Thursday several hours after a ceasefire was supposed to begin but the clashes subsided in the early hours of Friday. The two sides on Thursday accepted the ceasefire brokered by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. More than 100 civilians have died and 700 others have been injured in five days of clashes between Rwandan and Ugandan troops in Kisangani. Meanwhile the government of the DRC called on the UN Security Council on Friday to press for an immediate withdrawal of the troops.