UN chief urges Congo ceasefire

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate ceasefire today to urgently help “at least 100,000 refugees” cut off by fighting in rebel-held areas in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He said 250,000 people have been displaced by the fighting in eastern DR Congo and for 100,000 trapped behind rebel lines around Rutshuru and East Masisi the “lifeline has been cut off.”