location: Aveba
notes: Fighting began between FARDC soldiers and FRPI militiamen in the village of Aveba, and spread to other villages in the chiefdom of Walendu Bindi (in Ituri), including Tchekele, Kaswara and Bavi. Thousands of people were displaced during the fighting. In Aveba, UN helicopters assisted the Congolese forces, and at least 14 FRPI and 6 FARDC soldiers were reported dead in Aveba.
target_text: location: Aveba, fatalities: 20