Angola 'expels 25,000' to Congo

The Angolan authorities have sent some 25,000 people
back to the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a UN-backed
radio station.

A local official in south-eastern DR Congo told the AFP
news agency that "thousands" of people had crossed the border in recent
days.

Some of those expelled say all their goods were stolen.

No reason has been given for the expulsions but Angola deported thousands of diamond miners in 2004.

Radio Okapi reports that local officials in the
Congolese provinces of Katanga, East and West Kasai, are unable to cope
with the influx.

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