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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Laurent-Desire Kabila has disowned the more than 500 soldiers fleeing into Zambia, ‘The Times of Zambia’ reported on Monday. Kaputa District Council Secretary Elias Sampa was quoted as saying that Kabila’s refusal to accept the soldiers had brought about difficulties in repatriating them. Sampa said the soldiers had run away because they were too young to fight. “They are all young boys aged between 16 and 18. What can they do in a war?”, he asked. Meanwhile, Sampa said that food supplies the government dispatched to the area last week had arrived. “Hunger has reduced for the soldiers and the refugees but the residents are still starving and we are still waiting for relief food supplies to feed the people,” he said.
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