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Rebel leader denies corruption charge

    NAIROBI

    The Goma faction of the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) will conduct a “general audit”, following allegations that its leader, Emile Ilunga, had embezzled funds, news agencies reported on Wednesday. AFP, citing rebel sources, said a recent meeting of the movement’s politbureau had taken the decision because “large sums of money” received by Ilunga - including US $500,000 from Gabonese President Omar Bongo and US $1.5 million from a South African bank - had never been put into the RCD budget. “These are false accusations, there has been no embezzlement,” Ilunga told AFP.

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