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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jean-Yves Kamale

Congo accuses rebel group of 'ethnic cleansing' in country's east

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Congo's government on Tuesday accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of “ethnic cleansing” in the central African nation’s east.

The minister of the interior, Jacquemain Shabani, denounced the “massive arrival of foreign populations” in the territories of Rutshuru and Masisi in North Kivu province, where locals were "expelled by violence."

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