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>CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT FORCES RECAPTURE DAM FROM MILITIAMEN
>BRAZZAVILLE April 7 1999 Sapa-AFP
>
> The Congolese army and allied Angolan troops last week recaptured a
> hydro-electric dam from militiamen backing ousted president Pascal
>Lissouba, a
> military spokesman said on Wednesday.
>
> The fighting last week for the Moukoukoulou dam, some 350
>kilometers (200
> miles) southwest of Brazzaville, was heavy, and six militiamen were
>killed,
> Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Robert Obargui said at a press briefing.
>
> The dam, with a capacity of 74 megawatts, is among installations
>providing
> electricity to cities in the southwest including the oil and
>economic capital,
> Pointe-Noire, and Congo's third city Dolisie.
>
> The Cocoyes had taken the dam, along with relay stations at Bouansa and
> Loudima, in January, cutting off power to all cities in the southwest.
>
> Government forces recaptured the relay stations without a fight in
>February.
>
> "Electricity will soon be definitively restored in Pointe-Noire and
>Dolisie," Obargui
> said.
>
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