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Serious fighting in spite of leaders’ pledges

    NAIROBI

    Although regional leaders involved in the DRC conflict pledged to respect the Lusaka ceasefire agreement, serious fighting continued in parts of the country, the UN Security Council was told on Tuesday. In a closed-door briefing on his recent tour of the region, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Bernard Miyet said the parties were “demonstrably not adhering to the ceasefire”, according to UN spokesman Fred Eckhard. He cited the recent outbreak of serious fighting in Kasai. In a press statement issued after the briefing, the Council president expressed “serious concern” about the ceasefire violations and demanded once again that all parties immediately stop hostilities.

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