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Bemba declares ceasefire “null and void”

    NAIROBI

    Leader of the rebel Mouvement de liberation congolais (MLC) Jean-Pierre Bemba has described the Lusaka ceasefire accord as “null and void”, following alleged attacks by government forces. The Ugandan ‘New Vision’ daily quoted Bemba as saying government troops attacked his forces at Dongo on the border with the Central African Republic, but were “easily repulsed”. “Now the ceasefire is null and void,” he said. Bemba added that this was the second attack on Dongo in a week. He said that since he signed the Lusaka agreement on 1 August, his troops had been attacked in Gbadolite, Makanza and Libanda.

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