A SUMMIT aimed at consolidating a fragile peace deal in Burundi has ended in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi with no ceasefire accord but an appeal by mediators for all sides to cease hostilities. Although mediator Nelson Mandela had persuaded most of Burundi’s political parties to sign a peace deal last month, the two main armed Hutu rebel movements were not involved in negotiations before the meeting. Mandela had hoped to bring the rebels into the peace process and persuade them to sign a ceasefire with the country’s Tutsi-led army, but analysts had always said this would be difficult to achieve at this round of talks. – Reuters