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Rebel FNL agrees to negotiate

    NAIROBI

    The rebel Forces nationales de liberation (FNL), previously excluded from the Arusha peace process, has announced it will now take part in the talks, news organisations reported. The main rebel group Forces de defense pour la democratie (FDD) announced last week that it too would take part, following talks in South Africa with the mediator, Nelson Mandela, who has formally invited both movements to attend. FNL’s leader Cossan Kabura was quoted as saying his main concern was the formation of a new army in Burundi. Top-ranking army officers are mostly drawn from the Tutsi minority. The FNL and FDD leaders would not be present at this current round of talks, given the short notice, but Mandela said they could attend the next round of negotiations, due on 25 April.

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