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Opposition leader supports Sant Egidio mediation

    NAIROBI
    Opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi of the Union pour la democratie et le progres social (UDPS) on Wednesday said he supported the proposed selection of Father Matteo Zuppi of the Rome-based Sant Egidio community as the facilitator of the inter-Congolese political dialogue called for in the Lusaka peace plan. Under its terms, a facilitator should have been chosen by consensus by 15 September. Tshisekedi also suggested that the Francophonie grouping of French-speaking countries and the OAU "send observers to the dialogue", and that the national debate take place in Rome, AFP reported.

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