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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Secondary Navigation Top Stories Full Coverage Most Popular Photos Search Search: Rebels close on key city as DR Congo forces crumble AFP - Thursday, October 30 GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (AFP) - - Congolese rebels closed in on this strategic eastern city Wednesday sparking chaos as government forces, residents and tens of thousands of refugees scrambled to leave. "People are stampeding and the city is panicking," Goma governor Julien Paluku told AFP, adding that the local population had become alarmed by the influx of some 20,000 refugees from fighting further north. The rebels late Wednesday declared a unilateral ceasefire even though the collapse of government resistance left UN peacekeeping forces -- which earlier used helicopter gunships to stall the rebel advance -- as the only obstacle to a complete takeover of Goma, capital of Nord-Kivu province. The top US envoy to Africa warned the rebel forces to stay out of Goma and and stand by previous agreements to end the conflict in the region. "I should say, they should not go into Goma, they will be held accountable for actions taking place (there)," Jendayi Frazer, US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, told a press conference in Nairobi. She heads for the capital Kinshasa on Thursday. An AFP correspondent in Goma Wednesday said government forces had fled, relocating their tanks to the south on the road to Bukavu, in Sud-Kivu province. UN tanks had been drawn into position around the peacekeeping force's headquarters near the airport to the north of Goma. A statement signed by the rebel leader Laurent Nkunda said the rebels' intention was "not to panic the population of Goma as well as those who are in displaced persons camps in the immediate environs of the city." The rebels would guarantee "complete security" of the population, the statement said. The assurance came too late to prevent the entire 45,000 population of a makeshift camp on the northern outskirts of Goma from fleeing amid scenes of chaos. "The whole camp was packing up and leaving" after refugees saw Congolese government troops themselves passing the camp in large numbers as they moved south, said UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond, who described the camp residents as "exhausted and traumatised". Combat between government forces and Nkunda's rebels has escalated since the weekend, despite a plea from UN chief Ban Ki-moon for an end to the fighting. Wednesday's fighting left Ban "alarmed" by reports of Rwanda's involvement, a UN spokesman said. The government in Kinshasa has accused Rwanda of actively supporting Nkunda. However, Rwanda said Wednesday that the fighting was an internal DRC affair for which it bore no responsibility and rejected the idea of a summit on the issue. Frazer said she was headed to Rwanda after her talks with DRC leaders in Kinshasa. "We have no evidence that Rwanda is fighting directly in eastern Congo, but we do believe that Rwandan territory has been used to provide support to CNDP (Nkunda's rebels)," she said. The UN Security Council was meanwhile to hold an emergency meeting later Wednesday on the escalating conflict, which Ban warned "is creating a humanitarian crisis of catastrophic dimensions, and threatens dire consequences on a regional scale." The charity ActionAid late Wednesday announced that it was suspending its operation in Goma because of the surge in violence. Ban also voiced concern at "the collapse of discipline in units of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC), which have reportedly engaged in looting," as well as attacks on UN personnel. FARDC General Vainqueur Mayala, speaking on radio Okapi, told his troops not to pillage Goma and declared that the city "is still under FARDC's control supported by MONUC", the UN mission in the DRC. France, which currently holds the European Union presidency, said it supports sending an EU battle group of up to 1,500 troops to restore peace. Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said the French EU presidency and the UN had discussed the battle groups "which can provide between 400 and 1,500 men that we could deploy in Europe's name within eight to 10 days." The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana, however, said the bloc favours a diplomatic, not a military, response to the crisis. "At this point, there is no discussion of any military role for the EU," said Solana's spokeswoman Cristina Gallach. In London, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an appeal for a ceasefire and regional talks. "(Rwandan) President (Paul) Kagame and (DRC) President (Joseph) Kabila should meet urgently, and the UK stands ready to support these talks." Nine African heads of state along with Kenya's Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai issued a statement calling for an end of hostilities in the DRC. "We condemn the violation of the Goma accord of January 23, 2008, signed by all parties to the conflict and the resorting to force as a way of handling political differences," said the statement issued at a world forum on sustainable development being held in Brazzaville. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Most Popular – Top Stories Viewed When men see red, they see hot: study World's fattest man weds friend's widow Obama set for prime-time appeal to voters Desperate pleas end in despair as starlet's nephew found dead Australian central bank intervenes as dollar falls again View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology

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