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Mandela plans preparatory visit to Arusha

    NAIROBI

    Former South African president Nelson Mandela would make his first trip as facilitator of the Burundi peace talks when he visited Arusha on Sunday 16 January to meet the main leaders involved and review the process so far, Associated Press reported on Tuesday. “This is a first acquaintance, getting to know the ground and getting to know the people” for which an agenda had not yet been set, AP quoted Jakes Gerwel, an aide of Mandela’s as saying. Mandela would depart for the US, where he was scheduled to address the UN Security Council debate on Burundi on 19 January, the report added.

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