Congo-Kinshasa: RCD Rebel Forces Facing Mutiny Again

Heavy fighting has broken out again in South Kivu Province, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), between the leader of a mutiny among troops of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) and loyal forces of the Rwandan-backed rebel movement, news agencies reported.

The Rwandan News Agency reported an outbreak of fighting in the Hauts Plateaux region of South Kivu on 23 June, while RCD Secretary-General Azarias Ruberwa Manywa was touring the region to urge people to dissociate themselves from the leader of the mutineers, Capt Patrick Masunzu. AFP reported "violent clashes" around the Ngoma hills near Baraka, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, since 10 June, and RTNC radio reported heavy fighting around Minembwe on Thursday.

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