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Rebel faction authorises airline to use Bunia

[Somalia] Somali women weaving baskets to be sold in the market. Forum Syd/Henrik Mungenast
Women meet in places where they feel comfortable
    NAIROBI
    Rewi Batilari, the commissioner for transport and communications of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie - Mouvement de liberation (RCD-ML), last week authorised six flights from and landings at Bunia of aircraft belonging to the Great Lakes regional airline company, Antonov-KG. According to Radio Candip, broadcasting from Bunia, monitored by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the flights will be between Goma, Kisangani and Bunia, all in eastern DRC. The commissioner said the cost of flights to students and business people had been reduced in line with RCD-ML policy.

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