KANYABAYONGA, Dec 15: Fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army and armed men resumed on Wednesday near the eastern town of Kanyabayonga, while UN officials in Kinshasa reported an attempted incursion from neighbouring Rwanda.

In Kinshasa, officials of the UN mission in the DRC (MONUC) said that Pakistani UN forces posted in the eastern town of Bukavu had repulsed an attempt by armed men to cross into DRC from Rwanda in three boats.

Bukavu lies near the narrow strait where Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika meet, with Rwanda on the other side of the water. "According to the MONUC soldiers, the people on board the dug-out canoes opened fire on them," said Mamadou Bah, the UN mission's spokesman. -AFP