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PALIPEHUTU "opens new front"

[DRC] Displaced people in Dubie, northern Katanga, DRC. [Date picture taken: January 2005] David Hecht/IRIN
Displaced people in Dubie, northern Katanga, DRC.
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    Meanwhile, the rebel PALIPEHUTU group says its armed wing, Forces nationales de liberation (FNL), has opened another front in Kinyinya commune in the eastern Ruyigi prefecture. In a press statement, signed by vice-president Jean-Bosco Sindayigaya, PALIPEHUTU listed a series of clashes that had allegedly taken place with the army between 17 April and 21 May. It claimed large numbers of soldiers had died, with one dead from its own side.

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