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Congolese rebels use nuns for forced labour

Catholic I lerald Correspondent BUKAVU, Congo
CONGO rebels are forcing missionaries, priests and nuns, to undertake labour normally performed by convicts at Uvira, according to reports reaching here this week.
One priest, Fr. Thomaselli, is reported to be missing. He was living on a mission with about 2,000 refugees at Kiringic, eight miles from Lu that all Europeans Reports say ropeans in the area, including both Catholic and Protestant missionaries, have been troubled by the rebels.
Colonel Mulamba, Commander
m the area, of the gendarmerie in said the rebels were in disorder. Fighting was going on between the rebels and police troops along the Mwengamiki road.
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He said the rebels were no on Gaston longer controlled by Gaon Soumialot, but were groups of Arab descent fighting on their own initiative.
Panicking
port In Kindu, the main po of the Lualaha River for nearby tin and gold mines, reports say that the Europeans are panicking at the thought that the town will be taken over by the rebels soon. Reports reaching Elisabethville say that a column of Congolese troops, sent to harrass Mulelist rebels in Albertville, had suffered serious losses in a clash with the rebels. The exact number of casualties not known.
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An appeal has been made to all former Kalan
forgan gendarmes to put themselves forward for service in the army.




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