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Congolese army and FRN resume fighting in Walikale

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Clashes resumed on Tuesday 27 October in Luola and on Tchad Hill, in Walikale territory, North Kivu. The Congolese army and the National Resistance Front (FRN) are involved in the fighting, reports Actualité.cd.

Clashes resumed on Tuesday 27 October between the Congolese army and the National Resistance Front (FRN) in Luola and on strategic Tchad Hill, in Walikale territory, North Kivu, reports Actualité.cd. The fighting is taking place in Banakindi, in the Kisimba groupement.

The fighting resumed the day after clashes between the Congolese army and the FRN in Gipimo, also in Walikale territory, reported by Actualité.cd. The fighting in Gipimo was reported on 26 October.

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