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An estimated 250,000 people have been internally displaced in the Congo as a result of the advances of General Nkunda (Photo: United Nations/Marie Frechon)

EU envoys back Congo peace talks

The UK and French foreign ministers have backed peace talks amongst regional leaders in Africa aimed at preventing a deterioration of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Congo.

"The crisis, even if averted in the short term, will return without a new, vigorous and united political effort," British foreign minister David Miliband and his French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner, said in a joint statement issued on Sunday (2 November) in Tanzania.

The ministers, acting as European Un...

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An estimated 250,000 people have been internally displaced in the Congo as a result of the advances of General Nkunda (Photo: United Nations/Marie Frechon)

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