KINSHASA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Urgent humanitarian aid has been sent to war refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

    The aid, totaling 360 tons of food, medication and seeds, would be dispatched to around 30,000 people from 5,000 families in Mitwaba, 500 km north of Lubumbashi, the capital of Katanga province, said the Congo Caritas Development (CCD), a member of Caritas Internationalis on Monday.

    According to the CCD, the displacement of the refugees is caused by fighting between the Mayi-Mayi militia and the national Army Forces of DRC (FARDC) since the end of 2005, which forced about 11,000 families to leave their homes.

    The CCD will also dispatch aid to another 5,800 families in the regions of Pweto-Mwenge and Pweto-Kizabi in a month.

    Although the Mayi-Mayi group's commander has joined the country's transitional government, its faction leaders still hold sway across large swaths of the region and have caused great unrest. Enditem