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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Exiled Burundi leaders want truce |
| 2008-05-13 |
| A delegation of exiled Burundian rebel leaders will be in Bujumbura in a week's time to discuss a moribund ceasefire, the rebel National Liberation Forces (FNL) has said. The FNL said on Wednesday it would be sending a delegation to Bujumbura even as the small central African nation experienced some of its worst fighting in years. Pasteur Habimana, the party's spokesman, told AFP on Thursday: "The Palipehutu-FNL has not lost the war, but it wants peace and this is why our delegation will arrive in Bujumbura as scheduled on May 14 at 12am (10:00 GMT), despite the army's ongoing offensive." The FNL launched a major offensive on Bujumbura and its outskirts on April 17, sparking intense clashes with the army in which more than 100 have been killed, including many civilians. Habimana could not confirm the loss of 50 fighters in fighting on Wednesday. |
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