46,000 Refugees on Run From Violence

More than 46,000 Burundian and Rwandan refugees fled their camps in eastern Zaire because of a flare-up in fighting between Zairian troops and an ethnic Tutsi group. The Zairian army and the Tutsi group, known as Banyamulenge, clashed near a refugee camp 30 miles north of Uvira, a U.N. spokesman said. No independent confirmation or details of the fighting were available. The Banyamulenge immigrated to eastern Zaire from Rwanda beginning in the 18th century. The Zairian government has revoked their citizenship and recently ordered 250,000 to leave, prompting some of them to take up arms.