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More ex-FAR reintegrated into army

    NAIROBI

    About 1,500 ex-FAR soldiers and other former “infiltrators” on Saturday completed a two-month camp-based “sensitisation” programme, marking their reintegration into the army or civilian life, the Rwanda News Agency (RNA) reported. It quoted well-informed sources as saying some of the reintegrated ex-FAR soldiers had already joined the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) and were fighting against the Kabila government in the DRC. According to a recent government policy paper, about 10,000 ex-FAR were absorbed into the army last year.

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