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Civil society to boycott debate

[Ghana] Korle Bu Hospital in Accra. The main hospital in Ghana. IRIN
Le travail d'Elizabeth Nunoo à l'hôpital de Korle Bu, à Accra, est éreintant, mais aussi dangereux
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    Doubt hangs over the proposed national debate to be held in Nairobi next month. A group of prominent organisations making up the "Civil Society of DRC", in a statement issued this week, rejected a list of participants invited to the meeting and declined to attend. The organisations - including the human rights organisation ASADHO and NGO consortium CNONGD - said real grassroots groups had been omitted from the list. A member of the Civil Society told IRIN on Thursday the government had "selected" participants, rather than allowing the various groups to nominate their own representatives. He said DRC's main opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, has rejected the invitation, as have the rebel factions. Two hundred and fifty seven people have been invited to the debate.

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