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Holbrooke seeks DRC mediator

    JOHANNESBURG

    Richard Holbrooke, US ambassador to the United Nations, said on Wednesday the main aim of his current African tour is to find a "facilitator" to bring together the parties in the Congo civil war.

    "The main point is that we are trying to find a facilitator," Holbrooke told reporters after meeting Zambian President Frederick Chiluba, who played a key role negotiating July's fragile peace accord. Chiluba said Organisation of African Unity (OAU)leaders will meet in Addis Ababa next week to discuss
    names from an undisclosed list. "The choice of a facilitator is still elusive," he told a news conference after meeting Holbrooke.

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