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"Humanitarian disaster" in Kabinda as fighting rages

    NAIROBI
    Heavy fighting for control of Kabinda, 130 km east of the strategically important diamond centre of Mbuji-Mayi, has made the town a "humanitarian disaster", according to human rights workers quoted by the Missionary Service News Agency (MISNA) on Thursday. It reported that between the rebels' attack and counter-attacks by troops loyal to the government, "the human cost has been huge" - with many "baby soldiers" recruited by the rebels among the victims. Congolese officials said thousands of people, including the governor of Kasai Oriental province, Jean-Charles Okoto, had fled Mbuyi-Mayi in the face of rebel advances on Kabinda and Miba, AP news agency reported.

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