THE chief peace mediator in the conflict in Burundi Nelson Mandela said on Sunday a ”breakthrough” has been made towards peace in the central African country, but declined to give details until after he had met the parties involved in the conflict. ”I cannot tell you before we brief the 19 political parties, the army commanders and the civilian authorities,” Mandela told reporters after three hours of talks with five African heads of state on the eve of an Organisation of African Unity (OAU) summit in the Zambian capital. – AFP