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Mandela invites regional leaders to meet on Burundi

    NAIROBI

    The mediator of the Burundi peace process, Nelson Mandela, has invited 12 African heads of state to a summit in Tanzania next month, news organisations quoted Mandela’s representative Mark Bomani as saying on Tuesday. “The facilitator will report the state of negotiations to heads of state of the Great Lakes region on 23 July in Arusha,” Bomani said. “He will report on the progress made in mediating the conflict.” The presidents of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Burundi, Rwanda, DRC, Togo, Zambia, Libya, Namibia and Gabon have been invited.

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