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Western politicians in peace talks with ADF

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    The chairman of Kasese district, Yokas Mihande, and Busongora South MP Christopher Kibanzanga have held seven peace meetings with commanders of the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in eastern DRC, Radio Uganda reported on Sunday. Kibanzanga told a church gathering of 10,000 people in Bwera, Kasese District, western Uganda, they had met the ADF leaders to negotiate peace in the Ruwenzori region, during which they also learned that 10 seminarians kidnapped by the ADF more than two years ago were still alive.

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