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Rebels target capital
Manchester Evening News
|February 01, 2025
RWANDA-BACKED rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa.
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It comes as Congo's president called for a massive military mobilisation to resist the rebellion and his defence minister rejected calls for talks.
In a video message, Congo's Defence Minister Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita said he has directed plans for any dialogue with the rebels to "be completely burned immediately".
"We will stay here in Congo and fight.
"If we do not stay alive here, let's stay dead here," said Mr Muadiamvita, a close ally of Congo's president.
This story is from the February 01, 2025 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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