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South Africa ready to send troops

    NAIROBI

    South African President Thabo Mbeki says the South African National Defence Force is prepared and already planning for a peacekeeping mission to the DRC. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Wednesday cited Mbeki as saying planning was underway “in the event that the necessary decisions were taken at the United Nations”. South Africa would be ready to move quickly to carry out the Congo peacekeeping missions. Mbeki said he was impressed with the work of the South African National Defence Force, and that the army engineers were “very ready” to deal with disasters.

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