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Original Post Date: 2003-12-07 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 12/7/2003 3:41:08 PM
Burundi fighting kills 28
Bujumbura – At least 20 rebels and eight soldiers were killed in Burundi this week, and about 15 000 people fled their homes as government forces clashed with the central African country’s last remaining Hutu rebel group, said army and government sources on Friday.
“Since Wednesday, the army has been conducting military operations against the FNL (National Liberation Forces) in Kibuye zone (25km east of Bujumbura),” said an army source who asked not to be named.
“More than 20 rebels were killed and we lost eight from our side,” he added.
A local government official said more than 15 000 people had fled their homes in Kibuye.
The governor of Bujumbura Rural province, Ignace Ntigwurirwa, said conditions facing the displaced were “more than worrying because it is now the rainy season and they are sleeping in the open”.
Used lots of heavy artillery
General Juvenal Niyoyunguruza, who commands the army in the western region, which includes the capital, on the banks of Lake Tanganyika, and Bujumbura Rural, said the rebels had lost fighters, but it was impossible to give a precise toll on the insurgents’ side.
“The FNL had losses, but they take most of their bodies with them. We had five soldiers wounded and no deaths,” he claimed.
[Note. Burundi – where the President and Vice President’s of South Africa broke into song some weeks back at the “final arrival of peace”. Great photo op. Great propaganda. All fake. Not one of their much publicised peace deals in Africa has so far worked. Jan]
“Operations are continuing,” he said.
Pasteur Habimana of the FNL said there had been clashes and the army had “used lots of heavy artillery”, but declined to comment further.
“They want war. We will see who will win,” he said.
Unlike several other armed Hutu groups in Burundi, the FNL has refused to negotiate directly with the government, insisting on talking only with the army or leaders of the Tutsi minority community.
The country’s largest armed Hutu group, the Forces for the Defence of Democracy, signed a comprehensive peace deal with the government and joined its ranks last month.
Burundi’s civil war has killed more than 300 000 people, mostly civilians, since 1993.
Source: NEWS24.COM
URL: http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2…br>