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Makamba youths undergoing civic training by the military

    NAIROBI

    Meanwhile, more than 3,000 youths from six communes in the southern province of Makamba were undergoing “civic training”, planned and implemented by the Fifth Military Command, to allow them assist the security forces maintain peace and security in the country, ABP reported on Wednesday. “Participation has not yet picked up” because rebels and their supporters were “calling on the youth not to take part in that type of training,” it added.

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