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Bemba reportedly backs down

    NAIROBI

    Jean-Pierre Bemba, who leads the rebel Mouvement de liberation congolais (MLC) in Equateur province, has reportedly backed down from declaring the Lusaka ceasefire accord “null and void”. According to the Ugandan ‘New Vision’ daily on Wednesday, Bemba said he was “back in the peace process”. He warned however that his troops would not stand by if Kabila’s forces “attacked again”. Meanwhile, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Kabila was acting alone. The ‘New Vision’ quoted him as telling reporters in Kabale that “this time, Uganda, Rwanda, Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia are all strictly following the ceasefire”.

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