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New RCD reconciliation initiative

    NAIROBI
    Leaders of the two rival RCD factions were on Tuesday "ready" to meet together in South Africa to try and resolve their differences, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reported. RCD-Goma head Emile Ilunga and RCD-Kisangani leader Ernest Wamba dia Wamba were in Pretoria with their senior officials at the invitation of South African President Thabo Mbeki to discuss areas of disagreement, including representation on the JMC, news agencies said. Mbeki had held talks with Ilunga on Friday and with Wamba dia Wamba on Sunday. Meanwhile, the RCD-Goma faction has designated Karaha and the group's head of external relations, Alexis Thambwe, to represent it in the ministerial-level political committee set up by the Lusaka agreement to help implement the ceasefire, the rebel-controlled news agency NACP said.

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