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Opposition leader released from house arrest

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    The Burundian government said on Friday it had released Jean Baptiste Bagaza, the leader of the suspended Tutsi opposition Parti pour le redressement national (PARENA), from house arrest. Bagaza, a former president of Burundi, was placed under house arrest in November 2002 for allegedly plotting to kill President Pierre Buyoya and the speaker of the national assembly, but he was never charged. Home affairs minister Salvator Ntihabose said the government would continue to monitor Bagaza and PARENA would remain suspended. Bagaza consistently denied the allegations against him. PARENA was a signatory to the Arusha peace accord, which aims to end Burundi's civil war. However, it refused to take part in a transitional government.

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