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11 Killed, 65 Injured In Congo Bombings During M23 Massive Rally In Bukavu
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#Breaking News #Bukavu #Congo #DRC #Nangaa #Tshisekedi ©February 27th, 2025 ®February 27, 2025 9:18 pm Corneille Nangaa, the leader of the Congo River Alliance, AFC which includes the M23 Rebels has confirmed the death of 11 persons and 65 others sustaining injuries when multiple bombs were detonated in the Congo city of Bukavu when mammoth crowds of Congolese residents gathered at a rally organised by the rebel groups after they took over the town earlier in February 2025 with the Congolese President, Felix Tshisekedi describing the bombings as a terrorist attack committed by a foreign army currently on Congolese soil.
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kin nangar the leader of the Congo River
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Alliance AFC which includes the M23
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Rebels has confirmed the death of 11
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persons and 65 others sustaining
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injuries when multiple bombs were
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detonated in the Congo city of Babu when
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Mammoth crowds of conges residents
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gathered at a rally organized by the
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rebel groups after the took over the
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town earlier in February 202 with the
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conges president Felix tii describing
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the bombings as a terrorist attack
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committed by a foreign army currently on
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cones soil colel nanga while addressing
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reporters on Thursday evening after the
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attack said that the bomb attack was
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orchestrated by President Felix Tish L
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conges government adding that both the
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attacker and the woman were among the 11
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dead according to nanga in the video
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footage of the news briefing six out of
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the 65 persons injured during the bomb
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blasts are in critical conditions in the
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hospital they attack caused 11 deaths
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and verifications are underway the
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author of the attack is among the
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victims con nanga leader of the Congo
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River Alliance AFC which includes the
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M23 told reporters during the Press
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briefing adding there are 65 injured six
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of whom are seriously injured and are
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currently being treated in the operating
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room the attack on bukavu caused 11
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deaths including a woman and the perpet
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tror of the attack he said that
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following today's unfortunate incident
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we are obliged to react the incident
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occurred on Thursday When leaders of the
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M23 Rebel group including nanga were
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meeting residents when the explosions
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occurred in the central part of bukavu
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videos and photos shared on social media
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showed a very large crowd of people
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fleing the mass rally in bukavu and
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blooded bodies on the ground we are
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accusing and condemning vigorously the
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criminal regime of Kinshasa which just
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implemented its plan of Exterminating
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civilian populations AFC said in a
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statement this attack caused several
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deaths including a few terrorists from
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Kinshasa and some injured two of them
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were immediately apprehended by our
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services this cly and barbaric act will
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not be without consequences it added
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meanwhile Congo's president phelix SEC
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called the attack a h terrorist act that
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was perpetrated by a foreign army
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illegally present on conges soil
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according to AFP international news
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agency it was gathered that the rebel
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leader nanga who addressed the MTH crowd
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of people in bukavu had left the stage
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before the bombs were detonated bukavu
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is one of two key cities in the kibo
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region seized in recent weeks by the M23
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Rebels un experts claimed are backed by
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Rwandan forces Kigali has repeatedly
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denied backing the rebels a first
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explosion caused Panic sending
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Spectators free before a second
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explosion rang out some reports suggest
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there was a third blast according to
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local media nanga had left Independence
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Square where the meeting had taken place
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at the time of the explosions according
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to AFP journalists at the same it would
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be recalled that the 23 took control of
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South kibo provincial capital Babu over
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a week ago after capturing GMA the
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capital of north kibo and the men City
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in the country's East late last month
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the Eastern DRC has been the scene of
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Decades of Relentless conflict but has
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been plunged into fresh turmoil as
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fighters from the M23 group seese a lot
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of territory in the two provinces local
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observers said that the seashore of
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bukavu and Guma gives a major foothold
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in the Minon Rich region to the group
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which reserved in late
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2021 we had earlier in February 20205
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reported that the M23 Rebels have
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announced the Takeover of South kibu
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City of Babu in the Eastern Democratic
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Republic of kongu DRC and now in control
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of another major airport in the kibu
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region the Kal airport after the sist
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armed Fighters sucked koles soldiers and
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foreign mercenaries we had report that
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the United Nations us say dozens of
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inmates with more than 150 female
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prisoners alongside their babies were
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bornt alive on January 27 2025 when some
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detes at M prison in gumma set fire on
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the facility to escape after M23
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Advanced to take over the city forcing
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prison guards to flee and shot dead many
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inmates it would be recalled we had
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reported that in a bitter reaction to
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the statement credited to South a Africa
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president sirial Rosa over the killing
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of 13 sa soldiers in Goma by M23 Rebels
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Rwanda president Paul kagame has talked
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off over president rusa description of
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Rwanda Defense Force rdf as a militia
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group working with M23 and the sa
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president's threat red and commented on
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President sir ramusa at social media
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post published accused South Africa of
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being a party in the conflict in the
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Democratic Republic of Congo who always
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launch offensive operations against M2 3
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Rebels only trying to manipulate the
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public by those falsely claiming to be a
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peacekeeper in a war the sa has joined
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hands to escalate this as hundreds of
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Romanian mercenaries contracted to fight
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against M23 Rebels seated or surrendered
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to M23 rebels in the Pres of the Rebel
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spokesperson Willie Anga inuma who was
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seen in videos warning and cautioning
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the Romanians never to come to Congo to
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fight against them before the Romanians
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were transported to Rwanda for further
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assistance to their country we he had
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reported that over 1,200 men of the
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Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of
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Congo have seed or surrendered GMA the
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country's largest city to M23 Rebels
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with DRC military uniforms flooding the
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streets after the P of the army attires
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and took Refuge at UN peacekeeping
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military base leaving South Africa
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soldiers to continue to fight on but
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South African military formation in
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Congo in a statement denying that its
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men did not surrender to M23 Rebels
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insisting that the white flag Ed by one
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of his soldiers during heavy gun battle
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with the rebels was normal military
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tradition for both sides to CE fire to
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enable the South Africa troops passage
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to receive medical supply and as well
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give room to the M23 Rebels the
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opportunity to rescue their men injured
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in front of the South Africa military
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base near Goma airport this as thousands
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of prover protesters attacked and won
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some portions of us French Kenya Uganda
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Rwanda and other foreign embassies in
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Kinshasa
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we previously had reported that
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thousands of prisoners at monen prison
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facility in gumma the capital city of
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North kibo province in the Democratic
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Republic of Congo may have set
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themselves free after M23 Rebels took
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control of gumma early morning hours
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with videos posted online showing
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civilians flooding back to gumma and
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welcoming the M23 rebels in arousing
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manner earlier same day we also reported
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that one of the most troubled countries
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in a Africa Democratic Republic of Congo
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government built civilian residents in
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the country to flood streets on Monday
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the 27th of January 2025 just as M23
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Rebels are now in control of GMA after
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killing the conges military commander
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over9 South Africa soldiers a total of
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12 un peacekeepers forcing other conges
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soldiers to surrender their weapons
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before the 3 a.m. Monday 27 2025
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deadline set we had earlier in January
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2025 reported that M23 rebels in the
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Democratic Republic of Congo early this
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year Advanced and ceed the town of M
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same period the conges government sent
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172 death row prisoners to executioners
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with 102 already confirmed executed
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while the government kept mom on the
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third batch of 70 prisoners including
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the May 19th 202 437 cou plotters who
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were convicted and sentenced to death in
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September 20 24 just as the country
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Minister of Justice constant mut
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threaten journalists with death penalty
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if they relate the activities of arm
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group he described as Rwanda Army and
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its M23
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auxiliaries bringing youth the needs in
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