Congo Peace Deal Signed

World | December 17, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its key rebel opponents have signed a power-sharing agreement in Pretoria, South Africa, to end more than four years of war. Representatives of the country's main political parties and civil society groups also signed the deal that leaves Joseph Kabila as president, divides up ministerial portfolios and commits all sides to holding democratic elections in two year's time. Congo's many warring political parties have been in negotiations for almost a year and a half to draw up this power-sharing agreement.

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