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CONGO: REBELS SAY KABILA'S MILITARY VICTORY CLAIMS ARE FALSE

(30 Aug 1998) French/Nat The Congolese government says its troops chased rebels from their last stronghold in the southwest, dealing a major setback to an insurgency aimed at ousting President Laurent Kabila. Parts of Matadi were reportedly in flames as Angolan troops fighting on behalf of Kabila marched into the Congo River port over the weekend, after insurgent fighters reportedly airlifted their troops out in a hasty retreat. However in Goma the Congolese rebel commander Jean Pierre Ondekane claimed that he still had control of a third of the country and that on Sunday his forces had captured Kabila's home town of Moaba. Congolese rebel troops leaving their aircraft in Bukavu. If the Congolese government is to be believed these men have been chased out of their strongholds by forces loyal to President Laurent Kabila. Matadi was the last major town in Congo's southwest controlled by a rebel coalition that won a string of stunning successes early in the month-old uprising against Kabila. However Congolese rebels say that President Kabila's claims to military victory are false and that they still control a third of the country. On Sunday they also claimed to have taken Moaba in the south east in Kabila's province of Katanga. SOUNDBITE: (French) The government is spewing ridiculous propaganda. They say the war is over, but we're there in Kinshasa and we're fighting. Our side is working well and are units are not isolated. We're guerrilla fighters we can escape and move around on the ground. SUPER CAPTION: Jean Pierre Ondekane, Military commander of rebel movement With the help of allied Angolan, Zimbabwean and Namibian forces, Kabila's loyalist troops have regained ground nearly as quickly as it was lost. The rebels are widely believed to be backed by neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda, although both countries have denied involvement. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...