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Mortar fire kills three Tanzanian soldiers in DR Congo

M23 rebels in Kibumba in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. [AFP]

Mortar fire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed three Tanzanian soldiers who were part of a southern Africa force deployed to help government troops battling M23 rebels, officials said.

The regional force sent soldiers to North Kivu province in December to help Kinshasa regain ground from the M23 militia in the lawless east.

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