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Al Jazeera English - Africa - DR Congo rebel Nkunda arrested

Al Jazeera English - Africa - DR Congo rebel Nkunda arrested

The leader of a Tutsi rebel group based in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been arrested in neighbouring Rwanda, the command of a Rwandan-Congolese joint force says.

Laurent Nkunda, who is head of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), was captured after he tried to resist an operation by Congolese-Rwandan forces.

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