War continues to rage in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite the recent formation of a power-sharing government in Kinshasa that incorporates leaders of the country's two main insurgent groups. Conflict in the remote Ituri province continues and will continue so long as Kinshasa is unable to exert control over the entire country. Some 53 people reportedly were killed July 15 in Tachioma, 30 miles east of the French-protected city of Bunia, when ethnic Lendu fighters and Congolese Rally for Democracy-Kisangani (RCD-L) militants attacked the mainly Hema village. Though roughly 1,000 French soldiers are stationed in Bunia, their United Nations mandate prevents them from intervening in events beyond the city limits — so the fighting has merely moved as a result . The main mission of the French-led EU force is to stabilize the area until a larger force deployed under the aegis of the U.N.