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Split in UPRONA deepens

    NAIROBI

    Police and gendarmes broke up a meeting at the weekend of the UPRONA faction led by Charles Mukasi, according to the private Burundian news service ‘Net Press’. The police were acting on the urging of the rival faction, headed by current interim president Luc Rukingama, the dispatch alleged. The rift in UPRONA (‘Union pour le Progres national’) developed over the decision by Rukingama’s group to join the Arusha peace process, media sources in Bujumbura told IRIN. The move was opposed by then party leader Mukasi. In October last year, UPRONA’s Central Committee voted Mukasi out. UPRONA is not Burundi’s only divided party. A recent UN report notes that “disconcerting divisions continue within nearly all the main parties to the Arusha talks”. The next Arusha round is scheduled for early March.

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