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South Africa police arrest 19 suspected Congo rebels

South African police arrested 19 suspected Congolese rebels, including two senior members of the M23 group, on suspicion of running an illegal military operation, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday.

M23 rebels have carved out a fiefdom in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, dragging the region back into war and displacing an estimated three quarters of a million people.

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