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OAU funding JMC in absence of donor cash

    NAIROBI

    The OAU has released US $500,000 to allow the Joint Military Commission (JMC) to “take off” and begin the implementation a ceasefire in the DRC conflict, the OAU’s head of conflict resolution, Sam Ibok, told IRIN on Wednesday. He said the OAU released the funds in the absence of money from other donors, with the exception of US $100,000 from Zambia, Ibok said. Pledges for the JMC have been made by South Africa, Namibia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Belgium, France, Germany, Britain, the US and the EC, but the cash has been slower to arrive.

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