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Tutsi faction calls for Mandela visit

    NAIROBI
    A dissident wing of the ruling party UPRONA on Thursday demanded that Nelson Mandela, who was appointed facilitator of the Arusha peace talks on the country on 1 December, visit the country for direct talks with the various conflicting factions. ”We want to warn him against stupidity,” AFP quoted dissident UPRONA official Charles Mukasi as saying. UPRONA has previously expressed concern over the climate in which the Arusha peace talks were being conducted, noting that Hutu rebels continued to kill innocent people while talks facilitators were unable to put the process onto the path of peace.

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