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    The Goma faction of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) on Thursday boycotted peace talks in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, for the second day due to a dispute with another rebel faction, news reports said. The group is insisting that ousted RCD president Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, who now heads a rival RCD faction based in Kisangani, not be allowed to participate in the negotiations. The Associated Press quoted RCD military chief Jean-Pierre Ondekane as saying Wamba "has no power and he doesn't represent anyone anymore." Ministers from the DRC, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Rwanda met once again on Thursday to discuss a draft ceasefire agreement under the Southern African Development Community (SADC) peace process chaired by Zambian President Frederick Chiluba, while the leader of a third Congolese rebel group, Jean-Pierre Bemba of the Mouvement de liberation congolais (MLC), was also reported to have arrived in Lusaka, Reuters said.

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