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Minister acknowledges insecurity in certain provinces

    NAIROBI

    Meanwhile Defence Minister Colonel Alfred Nkurunziza addressed security issues at a news conference in Bujumbura on Thursday. Netpress said he noted that although the security situation was generally satisfactory, provinces such as Bujumbura-Rural, Makamba and Rutana were still insecure.

    He blamed rebels infiltrating from Tanzania, and described a "new
    phenomenon" in that "local populations were being forced to Tanzania to become refugees". Rebel infiltrations from the DRC side were now less of a problem, the minister noted, and Burundian vessels were able to travel to Mpulungu in Zambia and Kigoma in Tanzania without too much trouble.

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