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[Published: Tuesday April 21 2009]

Burundi rebels to hand over arms

Bujumbura, 21 April-(ANA)-African Union troops are physically disarming 21,000 fighters from Burundi's last active rebel group, the Forces for National Liberation (FNL).

It follows a weekend ceremony where FNL leader Agathon Rwasa symbolically surrendered his own weapons to the AU.

About 300,000 people were killed in more than a decade of ethnic conflict.

Correspondents say AU forces are going to three assembly points to collect the weapons. (ANA)

FA/ANA/21 April 2009---

 


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