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Government forces bomb Uvira again

    NAIROBI

    Government forces bombed the eastern town of Uvira late Wednesday, causing damage to houses, humanitarian sources in the area told IRIN on Thursday. They said four people were wounded but could not confirm reports by Rwandan government spokesman Major Wilson Rutayisire that three people had been killed. Rutayisire said the bombing - the second after government forces dropped bombs on the town last month - was a “violation of our good faith ceasefire proposal”, news organisations reported. As a result, Rwanda’s declaration of unilateral ceasefire “no longer holds”, he said.

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