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Mayi-Mayi want international talks on hostages

    NAIROBI

    A group of Mayi-Mayi warriors calling itself the ‘Resistance nationale de Lumumba’ [Lumumba National Resistance] has called on representatives from Angola, Zimbabwe, Sudan, South Africa and Libya to take part in negotiations on the release of 24 Thai citizens it is holding hostage in eastern DRC. ‘Le Phare’ newspaper, citing ‘The Nation’ of Bangkok, said the kidnappers also requested that delegates from Belgium, France and the US attend the negotiations as observers. They stated that there should be no UN intervention. The Thais who worked for a logging company in eastern Congo were taken hostage, along with a Kenyan and a Swede, on 15 May. A spokesman for the Thai foreign ministry is quoted as saying his country will use “all possible means” to obtain their freedom. Some of the hostages are said to be suffering from malaria.

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