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Road accident leaves 11 dead

    NAIROBI

    Eleven people died and three others were seriously injured on Monday in a vehicle accident on the road linking Bujumbura to Rumonge, southwest Burundi. Burundi news agency ABP said the mini bus, which was transporting people to Makamba, southern Burundi, rolled over at Kagongo about 10 km before Rumonge.

    Meanwhile, relative calm has returned at the border between Mabanda commune in Makamba province and the Tanzanian district of Kigoma, western Tanzania in the past few days, Net Press reported on Tuesday. It said local residents were “regularly” attending the markets in neighbouring Tanzanian areas and the Tanzanians were in turn, coming to Mugina market.

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