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Mandela prepares for mediation role

    NAIROBI
    Former South African President Nelson Mandela is ready to start work in his new role as facilitator of the Burundi peace talks this weekend, with Judge Mark Bomani (a key figure in the Arusha peace process during the tenure of the late Julius Nyerere) scheduled to travel to South Africa on Saturday to brief him, news organisations on Thursday quoted Mandela's spokesman Parks Mankahlana as saying. South African President Thabo Mbeki said Mandela's appointment was an indication of confidence in South Africa's ability to help resolve regional conflict, that his government would do "all it can" to help Mandela and that it had already seconded senior officials to support the process.

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