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Government denies reported Imese clashes

    NAIROBI

    The Forces Armees Congolaises (FAC) on Thursday denied prior reports that government troops had been engaged in fighting with rebels of the Mouvement de liberation du congo (MLC) near the northern town of Imese this week, Agence France Press (AFP) reported. The area was “firmly in the hands of the Congolese armed forces” and there was no fighting in Imese, AFP quoted Colonel Eddy Kapend as saying. Travellers arriving in the Republic of Congo capital Brazzaville had on Tuesday reported MLC attacks against army units, which had failed to give them control of the town, the report added.

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