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Buyoya, Mandela agree on key conditions

    NAIROBI

    Agreement has been reached on two key conditions for ending the civil war in Burundi, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Wednesday. Mediator and former South African President Nelson Mandela made the announcement in Johannesburg on Wednesday after meeting Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. He said they had agreed that Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army would be restructured to include an equal representation of the country's Hutu majority. In addition, all Hutus in regroupment camps are to be allowed home by the end of next month. Mandela
    said the agreements cleared the way for the first face-to-face talks between Buyoya and Hutu rebel leaders at regional peace talks, scheduled in Tanzania next month.

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