TANZANIAN Defence Minister Edgar Majogo left Dar es Salaam on Friday for talks in the Burundian capital Saturday on border security, Radio Tanzania reported in a broadcast monitored in Nairobi. The radio said Majogo was accompanied by top government and military officials. The team is also expected to discuss the ongoing conflict in Burundi between rebels and government troops. The conflict has resulted in the entry into northwestern Tanzania of thousands of Burundian refugees over the past few weeks, and is causing untold suffering to local Tanzanians living in the region, the radio said. Meanwhile, Burundi’s private radio “Umwizero” reported that Burundian rebels are crossing from Tanzania into eastern Burundi at the rate of 100 to 150 every day.
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