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Agathon Rwasa

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Africa
/ 30 May 2008

Burundi rebel leader returns home for peace deal

The exiled leader of Burundi’s last rebel group returned to the capital, Bujumbura, on Friday to begin implementing a stalled deal seen as the final obstacle to peace in the tiny Central African country. Agathon Rwasa, leader of the Forces for National Liberation, arrived at Bujumbura airport for talks between his ethnic Hutu group and Burundi’s mixed but Hutu-led government.

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/ 16 October 2007

Burundi rebels to snub SA peace meeting

Burundi’s last active rebel group on Tuesday said it was shunning a weekend meeting to put the Central African nation’s derailed peace process back on track as the South African mediator was biased. "The FNL [National Liberation Forces] will not respond to the invitation of South African Minister Charles Nqakula" said Pasteur Habimana, spokesperson for the FNL rebel group.

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/ 9 September 2007

Burundi rebels accuse SA mediator of bias

Burundi rebels refused on Sunday to rejoin a truce monitoring team they quit in July unless the South African chief mediator of talks with the government is replaced. The Forces for National Liberation — the last active rebel group in the tiny Central African country — accused Charles Nqakula of bias.

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/ 4 September 2007

Burundi rebel factions clash, 20 fighters dead

At least 20 Burundi fighters were killed on Tuesday in heavy clashes between two rival rebel factions that sent scores of residents fleeing the capital’s northern suburbs. Machine gunfire and explosions shattered the air as insurgents opposed to Agathon Rwasa, the leader of the rebel Forces for National Liberation, battled fighters loyal to him.

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