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African summit in Nairobi to ease the Eastern Congolese tension |
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Friday, 07 November 2008 |
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Heads of state and mediators gathered Friday in Nairobi to energies peace efforts in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a ceasefire collapsed and renewed fighting displaced thousands.
Attending the summit will be UN chief Ban Ki-moon, the presidents of the DRC, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the UN's newly-appointed envoy to the DRC, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo.
The emergency summit in the Kenyan capital comes a day after Congolese rebel forces captured another town in Nord-Kivu and the UN peacekeeping force's inability to stop the violence became ever more salient.
Human Rights Watch said Thursday that rebels and pro-government militia had killed at least 20 civilians in recent fighting.
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