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Rwandan advances in Kasai

Meanwhile, Kapanga said that Rwanda had recently taken the towns of Idumbe and Demba in Kasai Occidental province, "as well as the provincial capital of Kananga, Mashala in the east and Luiza in the south," the press statement said. Rwanda had used Angola's rebel UNITA movement to take Luiza, he stated. Both Rwanda and Uganda were intent on continuing to "plunder the resources" of the country, Kapanga added.


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