Hutu Rebel Chief, President Agree to Truce
From Times Wire Reports
Burundi’s president signed a truce with the Hutu rebels, boosting efforts to end the tiny African country’s decade-long civil war, witnesses said.
President Domitien Ndayizeye and Agathon Rwasa, leader of the Hutu Forces for National Liberation, signed the cessation of hostilities pact after their first face-to-face talks in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Burundi is emerging from 12 years of war between majority Hutus against the politically dominant Tutsi minority. About 300,000 people have been killed.
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