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Faction leaders head for OAU summit

    NAIROBI

    A delegation of the opposition Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) was on its way to the Zambian capital Lusaka for the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) summit, a radio controlled by faction leader Husayn Aydid reported on Wednesday. The delegation is led by the current chairman of the SRRC, Abdullah Shaykh Isma’il, and includes faction leader Husayn Aydid. The SRRC delegation was going to Lusaka to brief African leaders gathering there for the OAU summit on the real situation in Somalia, the radio said.

    On Tuesday, the delegates arrived in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, from Ethiopia, where they had been holding talks with Ethiopian officials. Before leaving for Lusaka, they briefed Kenyan government officials on their talks in Addis Ababa, the radio reported.

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