Fighting in Congo despite rebel promises to UN

Congo's army clashed with rebels in some of the worst fighting in a week despite the rebel leader's promise to support a cease-fire, the United Nations said Monday.
There was no immediate word on casualties from Sunday night's fighting in Riwindi, about 125km north of the eastern provincial capital of Goma, said UN peacekeeping spokesman Col. Jean-Paul Dietrich.
"Everybody is trying to push the other side back," Dietrich said. "It's very regrettable that they could not respect the cease-fire."
Heavy fighting also broke out Sunday morning in Ndeko, about 90km north of Goma, he said.
The Central African nation has the world's largest UN peacekeeping mission, with some 17,000 troops, but the peacekeepers have been unable to either stop the fighting or protect civilians caught in the way.
Congo's main rebel leader on Sunday promised a UN envoy he would support a cease-fire as well as UN efforts to end fighting.
"Now we have a message of peace. We should work with this mission," rebel leader Laurent Nkunda said.
The envoy, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, met with Nkunda for the first time. He earlier spoke to President Joseph Kabila and the leader of neighbouring Angola.