UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
11 December 2008
The agreement by Burundi's last rebel group to change an unconstitutional ethnic reference in its name and move its forces into assembly sites takes the country significantly closer to peace but still leaves much to be done, according to analysts.
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UN News Service (New York)
11 December 2008
Although Burundi has made commendable advances in key areas for peace consolidation, an impasse between the Government and the last major rebel holdout is deepening and the risks of renewed confrontation are intensifying, according to a United Nations report being discussed by the Security Council today.
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New Vision (Kampala)
7 December 2008
The solution to Burundi's problems is democracy and peace, President Yoweri Museveni has said.
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New Vision (Kampala)
5 December 2008
THE Government of Burundi and the opposition Party, the Pelipehutu led by Agathon Rwasa, have signed a peace agreement at a ceremony presided over by President Yoweri Museveni.
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UN News Service (New York)
4 December 2008
Burundi's Government and the rebel group Palipehutu-FNL must now summon the political will and courage to overcome outstanding issues and successfully conclude the peace process they agreed to two years ago, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
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United Nations (New York)
13 December 2008
A "significant step forward" had been made in resolving the differences between the Government of Burundi and its sole remaining armed opposition group after years of distrust and relapses into violence between them, the South African Facilitator of the Burundi Peace Process told the Security Council this afternoon.
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