KAMPALA (Reuters) - Al Qaeda linked rebels have attacked a town in eastern Congo, forcing thousands of refugees flee across the border into Uganda for safety, Uganda's Red Cross and military said on Friday.
The Uganda Red Cross Society said 18,450 Congolese refugees crossed into the east African country after the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) hit the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kamangu on Thursday.
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