Burundi peace mediator, former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, has urged delegates to the Arusha peace talks to speed up their work, the independent Hirondelle news agency reported. Speaking yesterday at the end of the current round of talks, which were held in committees, he said he would be “less than honest” if he said he was happy with the progress. “I don’t think I am the only one who had hoped that, once we were into the committee stage, we would be able to go more speedily,” he added. Burundi’s Peace Process Minister Ambroise Niyonsaba also expressed concern over the slow rate of the talks. There should be “something concrete” by June, he told Hirondelle. The talks are divided into four committees, with the committee looking into the origin of the conflict due to meet again on 11 April and 10 May.
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