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Uganda explains involvement in Ituri

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    The Ugandan authorities have, meanwhile, detailed the measures they have taken to end the ethnic conflict in Ituri province. "Last year, we advised that Lotshove Adele, the former governor, be removed because she was at the centre of the confusion, we do not mind her joining another group so
    long as she is out of the area," Colonel Henry Tumukunde, Uganda's head of military intelligence and security, told IRIN on Thursday.

    A statement, issued by the Ugandan ministry of defence on Wednesday, said more Ugandan troops have also been sent to Ituri to bolster security. The statement said the intention was to "bolster both the RCD forces and the Ugandan force to restore law and order, disarm the protagonists and curtail the inflow of arms."

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