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Rwanda deploys 7,000 more troops, Zimbabwe says

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    Meanwhile, Zimbabwe - which came under fire last week for deploying some 3,000 additional troops in the DRC even as it talked peace in Lusaka - asserted on Monday that an insertion of 7,000 fresh troops in the DRC by Rwanda two weeks ago (after its unilateral ceasefire declaration) had left Kabila’s allies with no option but to strengthen their forces, AFP reported.

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