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Article: Presidents of Rwanda and Congo sign peace deal in South Africa
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- July 31, 2002
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Dateline: PRETORIA, South Africa
The leaders of Congo and Rwanda proclaimed a peace agreement a key
step in efforts to end a war that has embroiled six African nations
and left 2.5 million people dead.
"No more blood must run," Congolese President Joseph Kabila said Tuesday
before signing the agreement with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at
a ceremony in South Africa.
The deal, the latest in a string of efforts to end the war, commits
Rwanda to pull its 30,000 troops from Congo in exchange for Congo
rounding up, disarming and repatriating thousands of Rwandan rebels
who have used the country as a base for attacks on Rwanda.
War broke out in Congo in August ...