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Ugandan army in shoot out with DRC rebels

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    A Congolese rebel soldier was reportedly killed on Thursday following a shoot-out in Bunia between the Ugandan army and rebels of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie-mouvement deliberation (RCD-ML) led by Ernest Wamba dia Wamba. According to the Ugandan semi-official ‘New Vision’, trouble started after a large group of Uganda-trained Wamba rebels moving on foot from Beni were mistaken for Mayi Mayi militias. The paper said “poor communication” between the forces has been blamed for the chaos, which resulted in thousands of civilians fleeing into the jungles. Wamba on Friday said the incident was being investigated.

    He added that as many as 3,000 of his forces have been deployed in the Ituri region to “stop the bloody conflict” between Wahema and Balendu ethnic groups over land, a conflict which erupted in July.

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