A CONTINGENT of 10 Malawian soldiersleft for the Zambian capital of Lusaka on Wednesday to begintraining forpeace-keeping duties inKinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Astatement fromthe Malawian army headquarters in Lilongwe said the Malawian contingent was part of an Organisation of African Unity (OAU) peace-keeping initiative. Army spokesmen stressed thatthe Malawian soldiers were merely monitors and would notdeployed as combat troops. They would instead use their special skills to mediate between factions in the country’s civil war and would attempt to ensure that the Lusaka peace accord was implemented.