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SADC ministers to discuss boycott of Lome Summit

    JOHANNESBURG

    Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are planning to meet to advise the region's leaders on whether to boycott the forthcoming Organisation of African Unity (OAU)) summit in Lome, Togo, Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, who is chairman of the community, was quoted in news reports as saying.

    "An SADC ministerial meeting will take place, but I do not know the date, to provide advice to the heads of state on the matter," Chissano said. "We must make a study to see what the situation is and know who will take part or not," he added.

    The Angolan government has been campaigning for a boycott, if the summit venue is not changed, because of the Lome's alleged
    busting of UN sanctions against the Angolan rebel movement UNITA.

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