KINSHASA, March 22 (Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers in Congo evacuated more than 450 civilians from their homes and offices in a district of the capital Kinshasa late on Thursday after fierce gunbattles, a senior U.N. official said.
"So far we have evacuated 450 people," the official from the U.N. mission in Congo (MONUC) told Reuters, asking not to be named. The civilians were taken in armoured personnel carriers to MONUC's headquarters in Kinshasa.
