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Mediators to meet rebels on Thursday

    NAIROBI

    Burundi peace mediator Nelson Mandela and South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma are due to meet Burundian rebel groups in Pretoria on Thursday, the South African news agency SAPA reported. It said they would discuss decisions taken at Monday’s regional summit meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, with the Forces pour la defense de la democratie (FDD) and the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL). Burundi President Pierre Buyoya - who will lead the first half of the three-year transition period - and Gabonese leader Omar Bongo will also attend the meeting, according to Zuma’s spokeswoman Lakela Kaunda.

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