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Participants in civil society debate stopped from leaving east

    NAIROBI

    Several participants in next week’s proposed civil society conference in Kinshasa have been prevented from leaving rebel-held areas in the east of the country, according to NGO sources in Kivu. They said lists of names of some people from North and South Kivu had been posted at the border points to stop them leaving. However, some 60 delegates from eastern provinces have been allowed to travel and will take part in the conference from 4-7 October which is aimed at reconciliation and unity.

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