The Mai Mai were originally armed by the Kinshasa government as autonomous local defense forces.

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It is unclear what the target of the attack was although the blast took place close to the office of the assistant political agent for Khyber, one of the top local government officials in the semi-autonomous region.

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The central government and the autonomous region may both be happy now with the idea of local people getting some much needed money from a multinational corporation.

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