After the rebels re-established control of Kiwanja on Wednesday , Human Rights Watch said , they ordered all 30,000 residents of the town to leave . NEW : If civilians were killed , deaths may constitute war crimes , UN says . U.N. says : Rebels in east Congo pose ` ` poisonous consequences '' for peace . Gun - fire in Congo resulted in third straight day of fighting . Battles between warlord Laurent Nkunda 's rebels and army forces , U.N. says .
NEW : If civilians were killed , deaths may constitute war crimes , UN says . U.N. says : Rebels in east Congo pose ` ` poisonous consequences '' for peace . Gun - fire in Congo resulted in third straight day of fighting . Battles between warlord Laurent Nkunda 's rebels and army forces , U.N. says .