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Rebels “in full control” of Kabila’s home town

    NAIROBI
    RCD rebels and allied Rwandan soldiers were on Monday “in full control” of Manono, the home town in Katanga region of President Kabila, according to an AFP journalist who visited the town. Kinshasa on Saturday denied that the town had fallen to the rebels. Manono was like a ghost town, the streets and houses deserted by residents fearing reprisals, AFP reported. About 500 Zimbabwean soldiers who had been defending the airport at Manono had now withdrawn to Ankoro, 40 miles to the north, AFP quoted Colonel Songolo Nura, rebel leader for Katanga region, as saying.

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