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"Rwanda is absolutely not engaged in this affair," Nkunda told AFP, while a regional expert said there was no proof apart from troops no longer in Rwanda's army, and if Nkunda was lying, it would mean the two nations were effectively at war.

A Rwandan army spokesman in Kigali also categorically denied any military presence in DRC Friday.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Friday that the past month of clashes "have drastically reduced access between Goma, Masisi and Rutshury territories, making it virtually impossible for humanitarians to access affected populations and bring assistance."

The UN World Food Progamme has cancelled food relief deliveries for 18,800 people in need, while overall the number of displaced villagers is estimated at 370,000, notably in Nkunda's Masisi fief and Rutshuru further north.

Nkunda began his military career in the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) when it was a rebel force that halted the 1994 genocide of 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus within Rwanda, and he has kept his ties with the movement that now runs the neighbouring country.

Since a 1998-2003 rebel war in the DRC, when Rwanda was among more than half a dozen nations to send troops to fight on rival sides, Kinshasa has embarked on army reforms and wants to incorporate all Congolese fighters.

But Nkunda presents himself as a rampart against armed Rwandan Hutus who fled into the DRC after the genocide. Regional observers and diplomats say the Nkunda problem cannot be solved while those Hutus are present.

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