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Faction setting talks "trap"

    NAIROBI
    Meanwhile, the RCD-Kisangani faction said on Thursday that it should be a party to the ceasefire accord. "Our understanding is that each group can sign. That was the agreement," Jacques Depelchin, rapporteur for the RCD-Kisangani political council, told IRIN. By seeking to exclude Wamba from the talks, the Goma group was trying to create a "fait accompli." He said it "would be sad if the leader of the (Lusaka) meeting falls into the trap of those guys." While the RCD-Goma faction wanted to be the only rebel representatives, "the facts on the ground are different," Depelchin said, adding that Wamba had been ousted as RCD leader as a result of a "coup."

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