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Congo officer flees to Rwanda

Cyangugu (Rwanda): A dissident Congolese army officer was on Tuesday in neighbouring Rwanda with some 300 men, a day after regular troops chased them from a town in the east of the former Zaire, a powderkeg region to where Kinshasa has sent massive reinforcements. Colonel Jules Mutebusi, who crossed the frontier on Monday, told reporters near the border town of Cyangugu that he would stay in Rwanda until the transition government in Kinshasa ``solved problems to allow us to return'' to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A Rwandan army spokesman said Col. Mutebusi and his men had arrived from the Congolese town of Kamanyola, retaken by government forces on Tuesday, and that all had been disarmed. ``I have received no support'' from Kigali, said Col. Mutebusi, dressed in uniform but without officer's stripes or any sign of belonging to the DRC army. Rwanda has repeatedly denied Kinshasa's allegation that it backed dissident troops in eastern DRC. The Congolese army said it had retaken Kamanyola. — AFP

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