Hiding in the bushes, Amuzati Nzoli watched as rebel soldiers turned from killers into cannibals and ate his six-year-old nephew.

Widespread fighting between rebel groups in north eastern Congo over the past month has forced more than 155,000 people to flee their homes, an aid group said today.

Six people were feared dead after an aircraft en route to neighbouring Uganda crashed in rebel-held northeastern Congo in bad weather, rebel officials and the aircraft’s owners said today.