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Rebels resume Congo peace talks | |
(about 23 hours later) | |
The main rebel group at talks intended to restore stability to east Democratic Republic of Congo says it will return just hours after walking out. | |
The organisers have now guaranteed the security of dissident Gen Laurent Nkunda's delegates, who had left after an attempt to arrest one of them. | |
Neither Gen Nkunda nor President Joseph Kabila have taken part in the meeting, which began this week. | Neither Gen Nkunda nor President Joseph Kabila have taken part in the meeting, which began this week. |
The talks were called after the failure of last year's government offensive. | |
Correspondents say some Congolese government figures are hostile to reaching any political deal with Gen Nkunda. | Correspondents say some Congolese government figures are hostile to reaching any political deal with Gen Nkunda. |
Some 800,000 people fled their homes last year in fighting between Gen Nkunda's forces and the Congolese army. | Some 800,000 people fled their homes last year in fighting between Gen Nkunda's forces and the Congolese army. |
Gen Nkunda claims his forces are protecting ethnic Tutsis in North Kivu province from the FDLR (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda), a militia made up of Hutus driven out of neighbouring Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. | Gen Nkunda claims his forces are protecting ethnic Tutsis in North Kivu province from the FDLR (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda), a militia made up of Hutus driven out of neighbouring Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. |
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