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Pretoria confident peace will hold

    JOHANNESBURG

    South Africa said on Monday it remained confident the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ceasefire would hold despite rebel statements that the five-month peace accord was now null and void, Reuters reported.

    Pretoria played down claims by the Ugandan-backed Congolese Liberation Movement (MLC) and a faction of the Congolese Rally for Democracy that they would take up arms again because of treaty violations by the DRC government.

    Meanwhile Zimbabwe, in DRC on the side of President Laurent-Desire Kabila, said its forces were observing the ceasefire.
    Army spokesman Colonel Chancellor Diya told IRIN: “Our troops are at a standstill.” He added that he was not “officially aware” of the rebel allegations of a government offensive.

    In a related development, DRC Defence Minister Abdoulaye Yerodia said on state television that Angolan UNITA rebels fleeing fighting at home were joining the rebels in the DRC. He said UNITA troops had arrived at Kalemie and Moba in the southeast and were heading north towards Gbadolite.

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