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Congolese soldiers repatriated to DRC

    NAIROBI

    Several hundred Congolese soldiers who had taken refuge in Bangui as Jean-Pierre Bemba's Mouvement de liberation congolais (MLC) advanced on and seized Gemena and Zongo, just across the river, were on Thursday repatriated to Kinshasa. The troops, disarmed by Central African Republic soldiers and apparently fearful of punishment back at home, were flown out to DRC from Mboko airport in a Libyan cargo plane, Radio France Internationale reported. The operation was expected to take several more days to complete, the station added.

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