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Inter-Congolese talks tried

    NAIROBI
    The delegations of the DRC government and three Congolese rebel groups went into direct talks with each other in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, on Friday, without their respective allies and the Zambian mediators, in an effort to achieve progress in the peace negotiations that have been alternatively stalling and groping forward all week. The new format had proved effective and there was a feeling that the real issues were finally being discussed, news agencies said. A rebel split on Thursday had threatened to derail the process entirely when the Goma faction of the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) refused to participate while ousted RCD leader Ernest Wamba dia Wamba remained at the talks.

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