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Wamba renames rebel group

    NAIROBI

    Rebel faction leader Ernest Wamba dia Wamba has reportedly renamed his group and established a transitional “government” in the northeastern town of Bunia. According to the semi-official Ugandan daily ‘New Vision’, his faction is now known as the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie-mouvement de liberation (RCD-ML) in which Wamba heads the defence department. The new administration, which was established on 1 October, has two vice-presidents (yet to be named), a prime minister and a deputy, eight ministers and nine deputy ministers. There is a political council and an army high command. Key appointees include Mbusa Nyamwisi as “prime minister”, Pashi Claver as “foreign minister” and Jacques Depelchin as “local administration minister”.

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