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Army concerned by Mandela's remarks

    NAIROBI

    Defence Minister Colonel Cyrille Ndayirukiye, while expressing the armed forces' support for the peace process, stressed the army's "concern" over Mandela's remarks, the Agence burundaise de presse reported on Thursday. He told military officers that Mandela was "clearly misinformed about the realities of Burundi". The country's first vice-president Frederic
    Bamvuginyumvira added that the issue of integrating rebels into the army "must be seriously studied...without rushing", the agency said. He stressed there must be "accompanying measures aimed at avoiding the risks of the situation getting out of hand and an implosion".

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