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dam-l Congo dam as tool of war/LS
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>CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: Militia try to take Moukoukoulou dam
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>Cocoyes militia allied to former president Pascal Lissouba tried
>unsuccessfully to seize the Moukoukoulou hydroelectric dam in the Bouensa
>region on Friday, RFI said today. One soldier was reported killed and six
>militia arrested, it said. Cocoyes militia occupied the Moukoukoulou dam
>for several weeks in April-May, cutting off electricity in much of
>southern Congo. Friday's incident comes in the wake of several violent
>clashes between security forces and Ninja militia allied to former Prime
>Minister Bernard Kolelas in the Pool region south of the capital
>Brazzaville.
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