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Elite Kenyan forces kill 5 terrorists in DR Congo

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Kenyan soldiers joined a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year. PHOTO | COURTESY | MONUSCO

By  VINCENT ACHUKA

Elite soldiers from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) have killed five militants belonging to the IS-CAP terror group in the eastern DR Congo.

The unit, which has been fighting alongside armies from Tanzania, South Africa and Nepal, is part of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco).

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