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Uganda and Rwanda in new initiative to unite rebels

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    Former speaker of the Ugandan parliament James Wapakhabulo and Secretary-General of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RFP) Charles Muriganda have been appointed to head the latest joint initiative by Uganda and Rwanda to unite Congolese rebel factions, the ‘EastAfrican’ newspaper reported on Monday. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu announced after a one-day heads of state summit in Kabale, western Uganda, on 8 November that they planned to unite the rebel factions - the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) of Emile Ilunga, RCD-ML (Mouvement de liberation) of Ernest Wamba dia Wamba and the Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC) of Jean-Pierre Bemba - and help them harmonise a common approach to the proposed inter-Congolese political dialogue allowed for in the Lusaka peace accord.

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