71.   Goma and Bukavu, respectively on the northern and southern shores of Lake Kivu on the Rwandan border, are the two hub towns for refugee camps.

72.   Hundreds of thousands of Hutu refugees fled camps along the Rwandan border following the outbreak of fighting in October between Zairean government forces and Tutsi rebels.

73.   In Bukavu, further south, aid staff were sent back to the Rwandan border.

74.   If we had known what lay in store, everyone would have stayed in the camps near the Rwandan border.

75.   In most cases their parents disappeared during the flight three months ago from the camps at Goma, near the Rwandan border.

76.   Informed sources meanwhile said a French coordination group working with non-governmental organisations is to arrive in this town near the Rwandan border by Tuesday.

77.   A barrage, apparently from mortars or multiple rocket-launchers, could be heard from the city center and was aimed toward the nearby Rwandan border.

78.   A doctor at the hospital of the Rwandan border town of Gisenyi told AFP that at least five people were wounded in the attack, four seriously.

79.   A fleet of UNHCR trucks were ferrying the refugees from there to Rwandan border just outside Goma.

80.   A heavy barrage, apparently by mortars or multiple rocket-launchers, could be heard from the city center and was aimed towards the nearby Rwandan border.