Rebels Allege Army Attacks in Northwest
Congolese rebels accused President Laurent Kabila’s army of launching military strikes in northwestern Congo. Olivier Kamitatu, a spokesman for the Congo Liberation Movement, said that at least 29 government troops were killed in Basankusu and farther north in Zongo and that two rebels were killed. Information Minister Didier Mumengi said from New York, where Kabila addressed the United Nations on Monday, that the rebels’ allegations are “completely false.” Congo’s conflict has persisted despite a cease-fire accord signed in July.
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