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Congo (DRC): Congo launches gun campaign
[IndependentOnline: 2010-03-09]

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is to launch on Tuesday a "firearm for $50" disarmament campaign in the vast country"s volatile eastern region, a minister said on Monday. Communication Minister Lambert Mende told reporters the government counted on collecting "20 000 to 30 000 guns at first" but did not say how long the operation, financed by President Joseph Kabila, was intended to last. A government statement said that the campaign was aimed at putti. . .
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