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Rebels give five “conditions” for ceasefire

    DAR ES SALAAM

    The RCD-Goma group has spelled out its conditions for agreeing to a cease-fire and entering into negotiations with the Kabila government, news agencies said on Tuesday. The rebels’ five conditions are that Kabila stops bombing rebel-held towns, frees political prisoners, allows political parties to operate freely, disarms Kinshasa-allied rebels from Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, and stops attacks on ethnic Tutsis in the Congo, agencies reported. Rebel spokesman Kin-Kiey Mulumba told the Associated Press that Kabila “has seven days to reply. In the meantime, we’re continuing to fight.”

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