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Peace talks continue in Pretoria for a second day

    NAIROBI

    Peace talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda entered their second day behind closed doors on Friday, under the mediation of South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma.

    Congo’s delegation to the Pretoria talks is headed by the minister in the Office of the Presidency, Mwake Katumba, and Rwanda, by Katumba’s counterpart, Patrick Mazimhaka. South African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad is also in attendance. Conference officials have remained tight-lipped about details, and no agenda has been made public.

    The talks are a continuation of discussions last week between presidents Joseph Kabila of the Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda, held in Durban, South Africa, on the sidelines of the inaugural summit of the African Union. Central to those discussions - brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki - was the proposal to create a security zone along the Rwanda/Congolese to prevent Hutu rebel incursions into Rwanda.

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