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Joint U.N.-Congo operations retake towns

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, April 21 (UPI) -- The United Nations said its joint military operation with Congo has successfully retaken several towns from militia control.

The U.N. mission in Congo has been working with the Congolese armed forces to counter and neutralize the Front for Patriotic Resistance of Ituri rebel group in the volatile northeast of the country.

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While the region remains threatened by militiamen, the United Nations said "most of the objectives" of its northeastern operations with the Congo forces "have been achieved," the United Nations reported.

The United Nations estimated that the ongoing violence in Congo has forced 800,000 people to flee their homes but said that the U.N. mission in the Congo "supported the Congolese in taking control of several towns, and are currently aiding with mop-up operations in hilly areas that the militias have left," according to a news release.

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