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Warring sides adopt ceasefire agreement

    NAIROBI

    The warring sides in the DRC conflict are reported to have adopted a ceasefire agreement, due to be ratified by heads of state on Saturday. DRC Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Yerodia said he was "very happy" with the accord whose provisions include a joint military commission made up of African countries to monitor implementation of the ceasefire and disarmament of the Interahamwe militia. The UN will eventually send a peacekeeping mission, but says this will take several months to organise.

    Secretary-General Kofi Annan has stressed the gap should be as short as possible, and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations is speeding up contingency planning for the deployment of military observers, a UN spokesman said.

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