Uganda: June 10, 2000

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The UN ceasefire (arranged June 9) collapsed and battles between Rwandan and Ugandan forces in Kisangani continued, including artillery fire. Rwanda said its troops had driven Ugandan forces out of Kisangani. A DRC (Kabila government in Kinshasha) spokesman said that over 1,000 civilians had been killed and around 3,000 woumded in the five days of renewed fighting between Rwandan and Ugandan troops. The Red Cross said the toll was 150 dead and 700 wounded.