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Burundi army frees Tanzanian fishermen

    NAIROBI

    The Burundian army has released some eight Tanzanian fishermen and one from the DRC who were abducted on Lake Tanganyika on 28 May, the 'Guardian' newspaper reported at the weekend. It quoted Tanzania's chief of defence General Robert Mboma as saying that the fishermen were released by the Burundian authorities after being held for five days. "I have communicated with the Bujumbura defence forces' top administration and was
    told that they have released nine fishermen who are now at Kagungu village in Kigoma region," he said. Last Thursday, Mboma said the Burundian army was holding hostage 12 Tanzanian fishermen because it suspected they were CNDD-FDD rebels. "The fishermen were trespassing on a prohibited area and Burundian soldiers arrested them because they thought they were CNDD-FDD
    rebels," he said.

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