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Article: CONGO PEACE DEAL SIGNED; REBELS ABSENT.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 19, 1999
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The presidents of four African countries meeting in Libya signed a peace agreement yesterday aimed at ending the civil war in Congo, the Libyan news agency reported.
However, Congolese rebels were not part of the deal.
The agreement was reached after two days of talks in the Libyan coastal town of Sirte, Libya's state-run JANA news agency said.
The rebels previously have rejected any deals without their direct participation, and it was not clear how effective the Sirte pact would be. Also not represented in the agreement was Rwanda, the principal backer of the rebels, who now hold the eastern third of the country in their fight to seize power.
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