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Government pledges extra efforts to improve security

    NAIROBI

    The Burundian government has pledged to “redouble” its efforts to improve security in the country, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Sergio Vieira de Mello said last week. Addressing correspondents in New York on his recent visit to East Africa, he said President Pierre Buyoya and his government had expressed “deep regret” over the killing of two UN staffers in southern Burundi last month. De Mello said he had informed Burundian leaders he would be talking to the rebels, including the armed wings, to try and explain the nature of humanitarian work being carried out in the country.

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