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Fighting reported in Equateur province

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    Both sides in the DRC conflict have claimed there is fighting underway at Bekili, 80 km from Bokungu in Equateur province. The second vice-president of the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD), Moise Nyarugabo, told the BBC Kinyarwanda service that fighting had been underway for the last five days after DRC government troops reportedly launched an attack. He said about 100 civilians had lost their lives. Meanwhile, DRC state radio said allied forces of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) “repulsed an attack by rebels and their allies” on Bekili last week and claimed two rebels were killed.

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