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Ex-president warns of Rwanda-type situation

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    Burundi's former president Sylvestre Ntibantunganya on Thursday warned that his country could see a genocide as in Rwanda, if "security were allowed to degenerate unchecked", news organisations reported. "There are lots of similarities to the point that the Burundians who want peace, the region and the international community should be vigilant today," he was quoted as saying in Arusha, where the Burundi peace talks are being held. "I am worried when I see that the government is now reviving what it calls civil self-defence groups saying it can control them. But we know such groups can never be controlled. The case of East Timor is a good demonstration," he said.

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