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RCD sets its eyes on Lubumbashi

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    Nura told AFP, meanwhile, that the rebels’ next objective was Malemba Nkula, 60 miles to the southwest of Manono, as a stepping-stone to Lubumbashi, DRC’s second city, where around 30,000 Congolese government troops and allied Zimbabwean, Angolan and Namibian troops are reported to be based. Manono “will serve as a hub to supply our troops heading for Mbuji Mayi in eastern Kasai province and Lubumbashi”, Nura said. AFP also reported that Rwandan troops backing the RCD were very much in evidence in Katanga region.

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