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President of DRC association asks João Lourenço to continue fighting for peace

The president of the association that recovers women victims of violence and other acts perpetrated in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Juliene Assange, asked the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, to continue with actions to implement the 'Luanda Process', aiming to achieve peace in the eastern region of that country.

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"We appeal (to continue efforts) because we know that through this process we can achieve peace", said the official, who was received, this Wednesday, in an audience by the President of the Republic.

The president of the association, in statements to the press, cited in a CIPRA statement, to which VerAngola had access, "considered the security situation in the region as catastrophic", having pointed to the "existence of more than 10 thousand internally displaced people" due to to conflict.

"Right now in the DRC incredible things are happening. People are starving, children are starving, women are raped," she said.

"Angola assumes mediation for peace in the east of the DRC, and, on the 15th of this month, presented to the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, the body over which it presides, the state of play regarding the current dynamics of the implementation of the Luanda", reads the statement.

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