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At least 27 killed in attacks in eastern Congo

Kinshasa, Congo: At least 27 people were killed in overnight attacks on villages near the eastern Congolese town of Beni, a local official said on Thursday.

Ewanakawa Nyonyi, spokesman for the mayor of Beni, blamed the attack on Ugandan ADF-NALU rebels that operate alongside a string of other local and foreign armed groups in Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral-rich eastern border zone.

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