{{Jules Mutebusi 54, a former DR Congo rebel leader has died relatives said Sunday that he died on Friday evening in a hospital in Kigali after battling a long illness. <\/p>\n
Mutebusi, from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu region was a top military leader of the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD).<\/p>\n
In 2004 Laurent Nkunda, together with Mutebusi jointly captured Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, on the grounds that the local population was being persecuted.<\/p>\n
After the Congolese army and its allies recaptured the lakeside city, fierce fighting pitted RCD rebels against loyalist forces in the Kamanyola region.<\/p>\n
When his forces were defeated, Mutebusi and 300 of his men fled to Rwanda.}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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