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Chadian troops return home

[DRC] Maj-Gen Christian Damay, commander of the EUFOR DRCongo force in Kinshasa. [Date picture taken: 06/22/2006] Eddy Isango/IRIN
Maj-Gen Christian Damay, commander of EUFOR in Kinshasa
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    Most of the troops Chad sent last year to DRC to back the Kabila government have returned home after transiting Central African Republic, Communication Minister Moussa Dago told IRIN on Monday. “The bulk of the contingent arrived in Sahr (south-western Chad) since yesterday,” Dago said, adding that the rest had left the CAR capital Bangui on Sunday night and were expected to arrive in Chad between Monday night and Tuesday. Dago said the number of troops was about 2,000. The withdrawal, which began on 26 May, followed the April peace accord in Sirte, Libya, between Kabila and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni that provided for the replacing of troops from nations involved in the conflict with a neutral peacekeeping force.

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