CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN Weekly Round-up 43
DRC: Rebels, government troops trade accusations
Rebel MLC leader Jean-Pierre Bemba on Tuesday accused government troops of
dropping three bombs on the town of Basankusu, northwestern DRC, last
week. He told IRIN that the incidents were being investigated by the UN
Mission in the DRC (MONUC). However, the commander of the government
forces in Mbandaka, northwestern DRC, said that an MLC battalion had moved
from Ebona, some 12 km northwest of Bumba, to Libanda on the Giri River,
and another MLC battalion from Ebona had moved to Wenga on the
Basankusu-Bolombo road. According to diplomatic sources, the commander was
further advised by SADC Task Force headquarters that MLC forces in
Equateur Province "were making preparations for a possible attack".
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