The United Nations has suspended talks with
Burundian Hutu rebels who claimed responsibility for the massacre of at
least 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees at a U.N.-run camp, a spokeswoman
for the organization said Tuesday. The U.N. had been brokering peace
talks between Burundi's government and the National Liberation Forces -
the last rebel group still fighting in the country's 11-year-old civil
war, said Isabelle Abric. "The negotiations have been suspended because
they are claiming responsibility for the attack" in which Congolese
Tutsi refugees were shot, hacked, stabbed and burned to death, Abric
told The Associated Press. "It seems they are not willing to contribute
to the peace process." [more ] Pictured above: A
UN peace keeping soldier from Senegal (R) looks at a Burundian man
holding a placard protesting against the UN for allegedly not
protecting the refugees, before the burial of those who were attacked
and killed 14 August in Gatumba camp,[more ]
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