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SLUG: 2-297796 Congo Fighting (S-O)
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DATE=12/25/02 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=CONGO FIGHTING (S-ONLY) NUMBER=2-297796 BYLINE=CHALLISS MCDONOUGH DATELINE=ABIDJAN CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: The African Union has condemned renewed fighting in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. As V-O-A Correspondent Challiss McDonough reports from Abidjan, the A-U chairman says the new outbreak of violence threatens a peace accord signed just last week. TEXT: Acting African Union chairman Amara Essy has urged all parties fighting in the South-Kivu and Ituri regions of Congo to lay down their weapons and comply with a peace accord signed in South Africa last week. In a statement issued in Addis Ababa, the A-U leader said hundreds of thousands of people have fled renewed fighting between rival factions in the rebel-held areas. He said the violence has hit civilians particularly hard. The African Union statement comes a day after the U-N Security Council also condemned the renewed hostilities, and called on all parties to implement the power-sharing agreement. The Security Council singled out two minor rebel groups known as the Rally for Congolese Democracy-National and the Rally for Congolese Democracy-Liberation Movement. Both factions signed the Pretoria Accord on December 17. (signed) NEB/CEM/AWP/FC |
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