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Armed DRC soldiers arrested in southwest

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    Police in southwest Tanzania have arrested DRC soldiers reportedly moving arms by boat on Lake Tanganyika, AP said, quoting the Tanzanian ‘Guardian’ newspaper. “The soldiers were found in possession of sub-machine guns, hand grenades and several rounds of ammunition,” said the Rukwa regional commissioner, Captain Jaka Mwambi. The soldiers reportedly told the local authorities they were headed for the Tanzanian port town of Kigoma. Armed soldiers who deserted from the Congolese army have been entering Rukwa since last November.

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