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Conflict “far from over”

    NAIROBI

    The intensity of the recent fighting in Brazzaville suggests that the conflict is far from over, according to humanitarian sources. The new cycle of hostilities is “defined to a greater extent by the re-emerging political/ethnic South-North antagonism,” a report received by IRIN warns. It suggests the target of the Ninja rebels in the 21-22 January fighting was the government’s stronghold of north Brazzaville. The authorities and its foreign allies averted what appeared to be an attempt at encirclement. There is evidence the government is preparing a major counter-offensive against both the Ninjas and Cocoyes militia.

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