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MLC launches “counter-offensive”

    NAIROBI

    The rebel Mouvement de Liberation du Congo (MLC) led by Jean-Pierre Bemba has accused President Laurent-Desire Kabila’s forces of launching a “general offensive” on all fronts of Equateur province. In a statement sent to IRIN on Friday, the MLC said that the town of Bongandanga was bombed on Wednesday, while Makanza, Dongo and the Basankusu area were attacked on Thursday. The statement called for the rapid fielding of observers to “verify these violations”. “The MLC was forced to respond to the attacks by launching a counter-offensive to repulse the enemy troops,” the statement added. There was no independent confirmation of the MLC’s claim.

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