DRC/Rwanda: Congolese army kills 23 Interahamwe militiamen in North Kivu

Congolese army troops have killed 23 Rwandan Hutu militia, known as Interahamwe, in the eastern province of North Kivu, an official told IRIN on Monday. Gen Obedi Rwabasira, the commander of the Eighth Military Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo Armed Forces, said government forces killed the militia on Friday in the villages of Rubare and Kingi, north of the provincial capital, Goma.