Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Angola forcibly deports thousands of Congo miners

(Reuters) - Nearly 30,000 people have streamed across the border into southwest Democratic Republic of Congo after Angola began deporting illegal Congolese workers from its mining zones, officials and U.N. radio said on Tuesday.

The acting governor of Congo's Western Kasai province, Hubert Mbingho, said on Tuesday around 13,000 people have arrived there since the forced expulsions began at the weekend.


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