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Assault on Kindu reported

    CYANGUGU, Rwanda
    Congolese government troops and their allies have launched on attack on rebel-held Kindu in Maniema province, news agencies said. AFP today said the assault aimed to take control of Kindu’s airport, while Reuters yesterday (Tuesday) quoted senior army officials as saying President Laurent-Desire Kabila’s forces attacked the town at the weekend and entered it on Monday. There was no independent confirmation of the claims. Kindu, which had served as the government’s forward military headquarters, was captured by the RCD rebels in October 1998.

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