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Rebels report battle for northwest town

    NAIROBI
    The rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) on Wednesday said it had recaptured the town of Hiemo, some 60 kms from Bokungu in northwest Equateur province. “For the past two days there has been fierce fighting” AFP quoted RCD-Goma spokesman Kin Kiey Mulumba as saying. “Kabila’s soldiers captured the city from us but we took it back yesterday [Tuesday],” he said. There was no independent confirmation of the claim. Meanwhile, Mulumba acknowledged that Kabila now had a “certain military advantage over us”, AFP reported.

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