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Rebels "pushing on to Kinshasa"

[Rwanda] Juvenal Kajelijeli, 54. On 23 May, the Appeals Court of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda reduced his life sentence to a 45-year prison term. IRIN
Juvenal Kajelijeli, 54.
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    Rebels of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) say they have repelled a counter-offensive by troops loyal to President Laurent-Desire Kabila and are pushing on to Kinshasa, AP reported.

    It quoted rebel commander Jean-Pierre Ondekane as saying the objective "remains the liberation of the whole country". He was speaking in the Katangese town of Kakuyu which fell to the rebels last Wednesday. Kakuyu is a strategic town en route to the diamond-rich centre of Mbuji-Mayi, and some 920 km east of Kinshasa.

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