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Faction leader hands in weapons

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    Rebel faction leader Frederic Bitsangou of the Conseil National de Resistance last Tuesday ordered his followers to turn in their weapons in accordance with the ceasefire accords, news agencies reported. "The war is over," the Associated Press (AP) quoted Bitsangou as saying. Bitsangou, also known as Jean Ntoumi, released five prisoners of war and turned in seven rifles at Kindamba, some 100 km west of Brazzaville, in a ceremony broadcast on state television, AP said. He was accompanied by about 600 militia members, many of them children, it added.

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