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Rebels trying to recruit Mayi-Mayi

    NAIROBI
    The rebel Armee nationale congolaise (ANC) has launched a sensitisation campaign aimed at encouraging Mayi-Mayi fighters to leave the bush and undergo political and military training, rebel-controlled Radio Uvira reported on Tuesday. Commander Bwino Mwenseku, who heads the ANC's Ninth Brigade, said his forces were ready to work with the Mayi-Mayi. "They will take part in creating security in our territory," he said. Describing the Mayi-Mayi as "lost sheep", he added that the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) was "ready to take them in" after they had undergone training.

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