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MLC denies ceasefire violations

    NAIROBI

    The MLC also denied government accusations that it had violated the ceasefire by attacking five towns along the Oubangui River on Friday. “These claims are totally false,” Kamitatu told IRIN. “We are not launching offensives on such small villages, but rather, we are on the defensive in Dongo which government troops are trying very hard to get to.” He claimed government troops attacked Mobambo, some 40 km from Dongo, on Friday “in their bid to get closer to our positions”. “They used the Oubangui river and for the first time, they used infantry and launched an air attack on the river, shelling its banks,” he said.

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