ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN ANCHOR: In the African nation of Congo, ethnic violence has escalated despite the arrival of French peacekeepers. CNN's Catherine Bond reports from Bunia, where journalists had been caught in the middle of it.</s>CATHERINE BOND, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This morning, the U.N. compound in the center of Bunia was caught in the middle of fighting. With one armed group composed mostly of Lendu militiamen from the ethnic majority here, came in to town to retake positions from another armed group, composed mostly of minority Hema, who've held those positions for the past months. (voice-over): The fighting continued for about four hours. It was mostly light weapons. There were also some machine guns used and some mortars fired. The head of the U.N. force, Camille Daniel Voleria (ph) told us that despite the fact there'd been a lot of fighting, there didn't appear to be many casualties.
Ethnic Violence Escalates in Congo Despite Peacekeepers' Presence