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DATE=4/30/2000
TYPE=NEWSFILE
TITLE=CN-083 CONGO - KINSHASA
NUMBER=CN-083
CONTENT=
(updates CN-048, new info)
HEAD: CN-083 Congo - Kinshasa 
The president of Congo-Kinshasa and several other 
African leaders wrap-up a one-day summit in Algeria 
where they discussed the cease-fire in Congo.
INTERNET HEADLINE: CN-083 Congo - Kinshasa 
SUMMARY: CN-083 Congo - Kinshasa 
The president of Congo-Kinshasa and several other 
African leaders have wrapped up a one-day summit in 
Algeria to discuss ways of strengthening the cease-fire 
in Congo.  The leaders issued a joint statement Sunday 
urging the U-N Security Council to speed up the 
deployment of 55-hundred U-N observers to monitor the 
peace process in Congo. President Laurent Kabila held 
Sunday's closed-door talks with leaders from South 
Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zambia and Mali.  Algerian 
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika chaired the summit as the 
current head of the Organization of African Unity. 
Congo's rebels were not represented.
MAIN: CN-083 Congo - Kinshasa 
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The president of Congo-Kinshasa and several other 
African leaders have wrapped up a one-day summit in 
Algeria to discuss ways of strengthening the cease-fire 
in Congo.
The leaders issued a joint statement at the end of the 
meeting Sunday urging the U-N Security Council to speed 
up the deployment of 55-hundred U-N observers to monitor 
the peace process in Congo.
The country's warring parties reaffirmed their 
commitment to a cease-fire on April 14th, but reports of 
continued fighting have prevented the U-N deployment.
President Laurent Kabila held Sunday's closed-door talks 
with leaders from South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique, 
Zambia and Mali.  Algerian President Abdelaziz 
Bouteflika chaired the summit as the current head of the 
Organization of African Unity.
Congo's rebels were not represented at Sunday's meeting 
--the latest in a series of talks on Congo's war, which 
broke out in 1998. 
The war in Congo has drawn in troops from several 
neighboring countries.  Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe 
support the government.  Rwanda and Uganda back the 
rebels.
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Source: Voice of America
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