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Army detains pygmy king

    NAIROBI
    The Ugandan army has detained a pygmy king, Geoffrey Nzito, along with two others on suspicion that they were “collaborating with rebels” operating in the country’s western region, the private Central Broadcasting Service (CBS) reported on Friday. Nzito, king of some 300 pygmies living in the Rwenzori mountains, was detained on Thursday suspected of trying to recruit fighters for the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) from among people living in camps in Bundibugyo.

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