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Matek
You should have gone for three, six is way too
much.
Em
The Mulindwas communication
group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 10:32
PM
Subject: [Ugandacom] Burundi interim
govt, FDD rebels sign ceasefire
"Museveni said he wanted the Hutu extremist FNL (Forces of
National
Liberation) to lay down their weapons.
"I appeal to the
FNL to stop what they are doing. The region will not
tolerate it. It is
unacceptable," he
said."
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Museveni
you are full of it! ...and stop decieving the world. Events are
beyond
your control!!! and there is nothing you can do about it period.
Now, netters, we will see if this ceasefire between the Burundi
Tusti
Government with FDD will Hold... who wants to beat?
I
beat $100 U.S Dollars cash. I say this cease fire between FDD will
unravel
within six months tops!
Matek
Burundi
interim govt, FDD rebels sign ceasefire
By Wangui Kanina
ARUSHA,
Tanzania, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Burundi's government and one of two main
rebel
forces signed a ceasefire early on Tuesday to try to end a
nine-year-old
civil war, and African leaders told the other group to stop
fighting as
well or face sanctions.
"We are on the verge of some pretty robust
sanctions that will stop them from
fighting," Ugandan President Yoweri
Museveni, who chairs a peace process for
tiny Burundi, said after the
ceasefire was sealed at an African summit.
Meeting in the northern
Tanzanian town of Arusha, President Pierre Buyoya of
Burundi's interim
government shook hands with Pierre Nkuruzinza, leader of
the rebel Forces
for the Defence of Democracy (FDD), after they signed the
accord at a
ceremony.
A summit statement said the FDD would become a political
party, adding the
FDD would also take part in "power-sharing arrangements
of the transitional
government" after discussions between the government
and FDD about how this
could be done.
The ceasefire was signed
after months of haggling over the terms of a truce
to end a conflict that
has claimed 300,000 lives in the small central African
country.
Burundi's civil war has pitted rebels from the ethnic Hutu
majority against
the Tutsi-led army.
A Burundi government sharing
power between Hutus and Tutsis was inaugurated
last year aiming to steer
the country towards reconciliation and democracy.
But until this latest
summit in Arusha the government had not managed to sign
a ceasefire with
either the FDD or the other main rebel group, the
Palipehutu-FNL.
GIVE AND TAKE
"The signing is a victory for
all of us. It did not come easily," Zuma said.
"The principle of give and
take was evident and we were able to produce an
African
solution."
The FNL was not invited to the summit because it refused to
meet Buyoya for
earlier talks in the Tanzanian commercial centre of Dar es
Salaam. Zuma said
the group had set down too many conditions for
participation.
The warring parties held talks last week in Dar es
Salaam, but hit a deadlock
on the presence of foreign troops in
Burundi.
Museveni said he wanted the Hutu extremist FNL (Forces of
National
Liberation) to lay down their weapons.
"I appeal to the
FNL to stop what they are doing. The region will not
tolerate it. It is
unacceptable," he said.
"If they don't we shall take actions against
them," he added, referring to
sanctions. Asked what the sanctions would
be, he replied: "You will see."
The leaders of South Africa, Uganda,
Ethiopia and Tanzania had arrived in
Arusha on Sunday for a last-ditch
effort to secure a ceasefire between the
government and the
FDD.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi left Arusha on Sunday while
South
African President Thabo Mbeki and Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa
left on
Monday. The Arusha ceremony was attended by Buyoya, Nkurunziza,
Museveni,
South African deputy president Jacob Zuma and Tanzanian
officials.
Although a minority in Burundi, the Tutsi ethnic group has
maintained a
stranglehold on both the government and army since
independence from Belgium
in 1962.
A three-year reconciliation plan
launched in November 2001 turned Burundi's
Tutsi-dominated administration
into a Hutu-Tutsi power-sharing interim
government with the ultimate aim
of holding democratic elections.
Under the plan, Buyoya, a Tutsi, stays
in power for 18 months, before
stepping down in favour of a Hutu
vice-president who will lead the remaining
half of the
transition."
Burundi interim govt, FDD rebels sign
ceasefire
By Wangui Kanina
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Dec 3 (Reuters) -
Burundi's government and one of two main
rebel forces signed a ceasefire
early on Tuesday to try to end a
nine-year-old civil war, and African
leaders told the other group to stop
fighting as well or face
sanctions.
"We are on the verge of some pretty robust sanctions that
will stop them from
fighting," Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who
chairs a peace process for
tiny Burundi, said after the ceasefire was
sealed at an African summit.
Meeting in the northern Tanzanian town of
Arusha, President Pierre Buyoya of
Burundi's interim government shook
hands with Pierre Nkuruzinza, leader of
the rebel Forces for the Defence
of Democracy (FDD), after they signed the
accord at a ceremony.
A
summit statement said the FDD would become a political party, adding the
FDD would also take part in "power-sharing arrangements of the
transitional
government" after discussions between the government and FDD
about how this
could be done.
The ceasefire was signed after months
of haggling over the terms of a truce
to end a conflict that has claimed
300,000 lives in the small central African
country.
Burundi's civil
war has pitted rebels from the ethnic Hutu majority against
the Tutsi-led
army.
A Burundi government sharing power between Hutus and Tutsis was
inaugurated
last year aiming to steer the country towards reconciliation
and democracy.
But until this latest summit in Arusha the government
had not managed to sign
a ceasefire with either the FDD or the other main
rebel group, the
Palipehutu-FNL.
GIVE AND TAKE
"The signing
is a victory for all of us. It did not come easily," Zuma said.
"The
principle of give and take was evident and we were able to produce an
African solution."
The FNL was not invited to the summit because it
refused to meet Buyoya for
earlier talks in the Tanzanian commercial
centre of Dar es Salaam. Zuma said
the group had set down too many
conditions for participation.
The warring parties held talks last week
in Dar es Salaam, but hit a deadlock
on the presence of foreign troops in
Burundi.
Burundi interim govt, FDD rebels sign ceasefire
By
Wangui Kanina
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Burundi's government
and one of two main
rebel forces signed a ceasefire early on Tuesday to
try to end a
nine-year-old civil war, and African leaders told the other
group to stop
fighting as well or face sanctions.
"We are on the
verge of some pretty robust sanctions that will stop them from
fighting,"
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who chairs a peace process for
tiny
Burundi, said after the ceasefire was sealed at an African
summit.
Meeting in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, President
Pierre Buyoya of
Burundi's interim government shook hands with Pierre
Nkuruzinza, leader of
the rebel Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD),
after they signed the
accord at a ceremony.
A summit statement said
the FDD would become a political party, adding the
FDD would also take
part in "power-sharing arrangements of the transitional
government" after
discussions between the government and FDD about how this
could be
done.
The ceasefire was signed after months of haggling over the terms
of a truce
to end a conflict that has claimed 300,000 lives in the small
central African
country.
Burundi's civil war has pitted rebels from
the ethnic Hutu majority against
the Tutsi-led army.
A Burundi
government sharing power between Hutus and Tutsis was inaugurated
last
year aiming to steer the country towards reconciliation and
democracy.
But until this latest summit in Arusha the government had
not managed to sign
a ceasefire with either the FDD or the other main
rebel group, the
Palipehutu-FNL.
GIVE AND TAKE
"The signing
is a victory for all of us. It did not come easily," Zuma said.
"The
principle of give and take was evident and we were able to produce an
African solution."
The FNL was not invited to the summit because it
refused to meet Buyoya for
earlier talks in the Tanzanian commercial
centre of Dar es Salaam. Zuma said
the group had set down too many
conditions for participation.
The warring parties held talks last week
in Dar es Salaam, but hit a deadlock
on the presence of foreign troops in
Burundi.
Museveni said he wanted the Hutu extremist FNL (Forces of
National
Liberation) to lay down their weapons.
"I appeal to the
FNL to stop what they are doing. The region will not
tolerate it. It is
unacceptable," he said.
"If they don't we shall take actions against
them," he added, referring to
sanctions. Asked what the sanctions would
be, he replied: "You will see."
The leaders of South Africa, Uganda,
Ethiopia and Tanzania had arrived in
Arusha on Sunday for a last-ditch
effort to secure a ceasefire between the
government and the
FDD.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi left Arusha on Sunday while
South
African President Thabo Mbeki and Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa
left on
Monday. The Arusha ceremony was attended by Buyoya, Nkurunziza,
Museveni,
South African deputy president Jacob Zuma and Tanzanian
officials.
Although a minority in Burundi, the Tutsi ethnic group has
maintained a
stranglehold on both the government and army since
independence from Belgium
in 1962.
A three-year reconciliation plan
launched in November 2001 turned Burundi's
Tutsi-dominated administration
into a Hutu-Tutsi power-sharing interim
government with the ultimate aim
of holding democratic elections.
Under the plan, Buyoya, a Tutsi, stays
in power for 18 months, before
stepping down in favour of a Hutu
vice-president who will lead the remaining
half of the
transition.
"
The leaders of South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia and
Tanzania had arrived in
Arusha on Sunday for a last-ditch effort to secure
a ceasefire between the
government and the FDD.
Ethiopian Prime
Minister Meles Zenawi left Arusha on Sunday while South
African President
Thabo Mbeki and Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa left on
Monday. The
Arusha ceremony was attended by Buyoya, Nkurunziza, Museveni,
South
African deputy president Jacob Zuma and Tanzanian officials.
Although a
minority in Burundi, the Tutsi ethnic group has maintained a
stranglehold
on both the government and army since independence from Belgium
in
1962.
A three-year reconciliation plan launched in November 2001 turned
Burundi's
Tutsi-dominated administration into a Hutu-Tutsi power-sharing
interim
government with the ultimate aim of holding democratic
elections.
Under the plan, Buyoya, a Tutsi, stays in power for 18
months, before
stepping down in favour of a Hutu vice-president who will
lead the remaining
half of the transition.
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