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Bid to kill Wamba, paper claims

    NAIROBI
    The semi-official Ugandan 'New Vision' on Wednesday claimed the weekend clashes in Kisangani were the result of a foiled plot to assassinate ousted rebel leader Ernest Wamba dia Wamba. The newspaper said the plot was blamed on the "Goma faction" of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD). Four soldiers, including two RCD-Goma members, one RCD-Kisangani member and a Rwandan, were killed when Ugandan troops came to Wamba's rescue, the report claimed. The 'New Vision' described the situation in Kisangani as tense, fanned by radio and television stations which support rival rebel factions. Wamba has reportedly addressed the public over Radio Liberte, owned by another rebel group, the Mouvement de liberation congolais (MLC) of Jean-Pierre Bemba.

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