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Rebels hesitant on ceasefire

    NAIROBI

    South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma has said Burundi’s main armed rebel factions are reluctant to agree to a ceasefire, the Internews press service reported from Arusha. Zuma, who was in Dar es Salaam on Monday to meet his Tanzanian counterpart Benjamin Mkapa, said negotiations would continue to convince the Forces pour la defense de la democratie (FDD) and the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) to stop fighting. Zuma is currently on a tour of Great Lakes countries for talks with their respective presidents on the peace process in Burundi. Along with Gabonese President Omar Bongo, he is meeting rebel leaders to try and persuade them to accept the Arusha peace accord. So far, they have refused to have anything to do with it. Regional leaders are due to meet in Arusha on 23 July and Zuma said they would make “crucial decisions” on the future of Burundi.

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