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Over 400 rebels surrender in northwest

    NAIROBI
    More than 400 rebels of the West Nile Bank Front and National Rescue Front II have reportedly surrendered to the government, Ugandan radio said on Friday. Quoting the minister of state for child affairs, Mary Nsanzi Kakembo, it said they would be assisted by the government. The minister was on a tour of the Ochoko Rehabilitation Centre in Arua district, northwestern Uganda, set up to provide skills and help rehabilitate rebels who surrender. However she cautioned that those rebels who intended to go back to the bush would be "crushed" by the government "without mercy".

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