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Kabila holds talks with selected opposition leaders

    NAIROBI

    President Kabila has met leaders of the unarmed opposition - political, religious and professional - for talks for the first time since he seized power in May 1997, Agence France Press (AFP) reported on Tuesday, citing Congolese television. Some 50 politicians, including Likulia Bolongo, the last prime minister of ousted dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, attended the Kinshasa talks at which Kabila said he wanted “national cohesion” and an institutional frame of reference for all, AFP stated. Participants appealed for more political liberalisation, a broadening of amnesty provisions to all political tendencies and judicial reforms, it added. Top opposition figures that boycotted Kabila’s invitation included Etienne Tshisekedi, leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Forces, and Joseph Olenghakoy of the Innovative Forces for Union and Solidarity.

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