Defense minister Aime Ngoy Mukena, accompanied by senior officials in the army, have arrived in the city of Lubumbashi to prepare for a possible military confrontation with Zambia. Meanwhile Congolese troops that have carried out successful military operations against Islamist rebels in the country's east, have now been deployed in the area of tension between Zambia.
Sources have indicated that the troops have landed in the village of Kalubamba in Moliro, which according to the village Chief is partly occupied by Zambian forces.
In March 2020 shots were exchanged between the naval forces of both countries in Moliro, with each side suffering one fatality. The Zambian government has since denied the presence of its troops on Congolese soil and instead accuses soldiers from Congo of conducting raids in Zambian villages and stealing food.
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