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Chiluba awaited in Kisangani

    NAIROBI
    Sources in Kisangani said chief DRC mediator and Zambian President Frederick Chiluba had not yet arrived in rebel-held Kisangani to meet the leaders of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) factions. News agencies had reported on Friday that Chiluba was expected in the city as part of efforts to resolve the rebel leadership divisions that have so far prevented full signature of the Lusaka agreement. "We have had no confirmation [of Chiluba's visit to Kisangani] but we are ready," RCD-Kisangani official Jacques Depelchin told IRIN on Monday. Meanwhile, Depelchin said large crowds of people desperate for peace had greeted faction leader Ernest Wamba dia Wamba with shouts of "signature" when he toured the Kabondo area near Kisangani on Sunday.

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