Conflict in Congo

A government soldier talks to displaced people in a refugee camp in Kibati Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

Government soldiers just outside Kibati Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

More government soldiers just outside Kibati Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

Fighting between rebels and the army caused a fresh refugee exodus in east Congo Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

Red Cross staff remove the body of a government soldier Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

A queue of people wait for food at a displaced people's camp in Kibati Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

Refugees wait for food. Government rebels are less then a kilometre away Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

People queue for food in Kibati Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

People flee Kiwanja near Rutshuru, where rebel soldiers were fighting Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

CNDP fighters in the town of Rugare Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

UN soldiers in Kibati Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

UN troops pass the body of a government soldier Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

The body of one of two people allegedly shot by rebel soldiers loyal to Laurent Nkunda are seen outside a hut in Kiwanja Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

Moise Mbarnsha, who was injured in the fighting, is treated in Rutshuru hospital. The bullet that hit him killed his mother. His father Christo sits with him Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

A mother mourns the death of her son, shot when rebels entered the village of Kiwanja Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian