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Kabila to visit Zimbabwe, Angola

    JOHANNESBURG

    Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila on Thursday was due to travel to Zimbabwe and Angola for talks with his regional allies on the Congo peace process, news reports said.

    Kabila was due first in Zimbabwe to meet President Robert Mugabe, before flying on to Luanda and two days of talks with Angolan President Eduardo Dos Santos, AFP reported from Kinshasa. Both Zimbabwe and Angola have had troops in the DRC since 1998 in support of the Kinshasa government, opposed by Rwandan and Ugandan forces backing rebels in the east of the country.

    Kabila is expected to attend an extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Malawi on Monday, alongside Mugabe and Dos Santos. According to a South African government statement, the Blantyre summit is to review arrangements regarding the Inter-Congolese Dialogue to be hosted by South Africa, the ongoing conflict in Angola, the outcome of the recently held elections in Zambia and the forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe and Lesotho.

    Ahmed Rajab, editor of the London-based newsletter Africa Analysis, told IRIN that SADC was hoping for progress in the DRC peace process. A proposal was expected from Rwanda and Uganda to "advance stability in the region", he said.

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