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[Sudan] Rebel forces preparing to respond to government attacks. Phil Cox/Native Voice films
Un membre d’un mouvement rebelle se prépare pour une attaque (photo d’archives) : cinquante personnes auraient été tuées au cours d’attaques contre des villages du sud-ouest du Soudan, près de la frontière congolaise
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    Meanwhile, the government disputed a statement by French Cooperation Minister Charles Josselin last week in which he suggested that much of the area between Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire was out of government control, news agencies said. Radio France Internationale (RFI) on 5 March quoted Congo’s Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada as saying the government controlled those regions, where it was carrying out military operations. Adada said “one cannot consider that access to areas where military operations are taking place is as simple as in any other area.”

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