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Amnesty offered to rebels

    NAIROBI

    Justice Minister Mweze Kongolo on Monday announced a decree offering a general amnesty for all Congolese who were "undermining the internal or external security of the state". Speaking on DRC state television, Kongolo
    said President Laurent-Desire Kabila had signed the decree on Saturday, considering the need "to usher in a new era of peace". "Rebels requesting amnesty must immediately put an end to any act undermining state security and register with the authorities at their point of entry into government-controlled territory," the decree stated. The amnesty covered
    acts committed before and until the decree entered into force on Saturday, though "without prejudice to civil reparations, restoration and other costs".

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