Nobili, near the Ugandan border, two days ago, causing its personnel to flee," the statement said, adding

The two security sources with knowledge of the mission said another 300 Ugandan troops were expected to arrive imminently. The scale of the deployment suggests it is the largest foreign intervention in Congo in over a decade, apart from a U.N. peacekeeping operation, said Pierre Boisselet from Kivu Security Tracker, which monitors unrest in the region. Congo's government spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the number of Ugandan soldiers in Congo." Deployments are

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