DR Congo peace deal signed

From: New Pittsburgh Courier | Date: April 5, 2003 | Copyright information

CONGO--Representatives of the government and rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a deal intended to end almost five years of war.

However, President Joseph Kabila and MLC rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba did not personally sign the two-page document.

The deal includes a new constitution and a power-sharing administration that is supposed to oversee DR Congo's first democratic elections since 1960 in two years' time.

But there are still questions over integrating the different factions into a new army, while rebel leaders are unsure about their security in the capital of ...

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