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Peace talks to resume on Monday

    NAIROBI
    Peace talks aimed at finding a solution to the Burundi conflict will resume on Monday in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, an official of the Nyerere Foundation mediating body, Mark Bomani, told IRIN on Friday. He said the talks will resume as scheduled to continue with discussions "which are at an advanced level". He denied media claims that the ill-health of former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, who is the talks' facilitator, was the reason for postponing the talks from 6 September. The independent 'Internews' service quoted the Foundation's spokesman, Hashim Mbita, as saying the talks would go ahead as planned "whether he [Nyerere] is there or not". The Tanzanian government on Thursday commented on Nyerere's ill-health, saying he was undergoing treatment at a London hospital. The 'Guardian' daily quoted Presidential Press Secretary Geoffrey Nkurlu as saying Nyerere was sick but "his condition is not life-threatening".

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