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Zambia needs help to end war in DRC - SA

South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Tuesday denied reports that her country was trying to "bulldoze" its way into the delicate Congo peace process, news reports said. However during a stopover in the Zambian city of Ndola enroute to Libya, Dlamini-Zuma told journalists that she believed Zambia needed support in its role as peace roker. "We support the efforts Zambia is making in trying to bring peace to the (Congo) as the SADC (Southern African Development Community) appointed mediators, but we believe Zambia needs all the help it can get from everyone in the region," Dlamini-Zuma was quoted as saying.

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