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Rebels attacking south, defence minister says

[Cote d'Ivoire] President Laurent Gbagbo and President Thabo Mbeki. Jacoline Prinsloo/IRIN
President Thabo Mbeki and President Laurent Gbagbo
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    Defence Minister Colonel Alfred Nkurunziza has said Interahamwe militia and Burundian rebels of the Forces de defense pour la democratie (FDD) are launching surprise cross-border attacks from Tanzania. He told Burundi radio on Thursday, during a tour of southern Makamba province which has suffered several attacks lately, that "rapid intervention" by the security forces had "brought the situation under control". Nkurunziza said the Burundian authorities were trying to talk to their Tanzanian counterparts to prevent Tanzania being used as a rear base by the attackers.

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