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DR Congo's Lubumbashi hit by fighting
At least 26 people have been killed in an eight-hour battle between government and rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo's second city Lubumbashi, police say.
The rebels were beaten back on Tuesday morning after heavy fighting overnight, police said.
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The assault was launched by the Mai Mai Kata Katanga, a secessionist group in the region, police said.
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The largest cobalt deposits in the world are in Katanga - and the province is the second biggest African provider of copper.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25645434
The rebels were beaten back on Tuesday morning after heavy fighting overnight, police said.
...
The assault was launched by the Mai Mai Kata Katanga, a secessionist group in the region, police said.
...
The largest cobalt deposits in the world are in Katanga - and the province is the second biggest African provider of copper.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25645434
This is further south than the fighting near the Rwandan border where most of the deaths in the DRC have happened over the past 20 years.