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DRC's Tshisekedi invites region's presidents to peace, security summit

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Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi attends the 32nd African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa on February 10, 2019. PHOTO | AFP

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By  PATRICK ILUNGA

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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has invited neighbours to a regional meeting in the eastern part of the country to discuss peace and security.

President Tshisekedi’s office said he has invited Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, Burundi’s Evariste Ndayishimiye and Angola’s Joao Lurenço to a summit in Goma, North Kivu Province, some 1500 km east of the capital Kinshasa.

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