Four Tutsi parties have yet to sign peace accord

The four Tutsi parties which refused to sign the agreement in Arusha did not sign on Tuesday despite earlier media reports that they would. “It is not true we have decided to sign the agreement,” the president of the Ralliement pour la democratie et le developpement economique et social (Raddes) told IRIN. A Tanzania-based independent daily, ‘The Guardian’, had on Tuesday quoted a senior official of the Burundian peace talks facilitation team, Justice Mark Bomani, as saying that the four Tutsi parties were due to sign the agreement that day. Thirteen parties signed the agreement on 28 August in the presence of African leaders and US President Bill Clinton and two more in the ensuing 48 hours.