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Rwanda denies Chad holding its war prisoners

[Ghana] Korle Bu Hospital in Accra. The main hospital in Ghana. IRIN
Le travail d'Elizabeth Nunoo à l'hôpital de Korle Bu, à Accra, est éreintant, mais aussi dangereux
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    The Rwandan government has denied Chadian claims that it was detaining Rwandan prisoners of war (POWs) captured in the DRC. “There is no single Rwandan soldier held by Chad,” an official from the Rwandan Defence Ministry told the Rwanda News Agency (RNA). He said Chad could not be holding any Rwandan POWs since the DRC-based Rwandan soldiers had never fought against Chadian troops, who were stationed in another part of the country. Chadian Foreign Minister Mahamay Saleh Annadif last week said his country was holding 119 prisoners of war captured in the DRC, including 27 Ugandans and a dozen Rwandans.

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