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Government soldiers reportedly crossing into Congo

    NAIROBI

    DRC soldiers are reportedly crossing into Congo Brazzaville in an attempt to avoid taking part in a government offensive against the rebels, news organisations said. “I am sure that those young men don’t want to fight anymore,” Secretary-General of the rebel Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC) Oliver Kamitatu told IRIN on Tuesday. “President Kabila is preparing a general offensive,” he said. Kamitatu said he heard over the radio that the soldiers were crossing the Ubangi river into neighbouring Congo. AFP on Monday reported that more than 50 DRC soldiers had fled across the border. It quoted Congolese officials as saying the soldiers were in Impfondo “but will be repatriated to Kinshasa”.

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