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FDD dismissive of Buyoya-Mandela accord

    NAIROBI

    Following the agreement between President Pierre Buyoya and mediator Nelson Mandela to divide the army 50-50 between Tutsis and Hutus, rebel CNDD-FDD leader Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye has reacted by saying it is not a question of figures. He told the BBC Kirundi service he had never discussed figures with the mediator. "You are the first to tell me about the percents," he told the interviewer. "Our main concern is not figures.
    Our main concern is to find a solution to the cause of the war in Burundi. The most important issue is to study how the Burundi army will always respect the view of the people." On Wednesday, Mandela announced that he and Buyoya had reached agreements on dividing the army and on closing the regroupment camps, two of the rebels' major conditions.

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