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Ex-Hutu rebel leader Nkurunziza elected new president of Burundi

Ex-Hutu rebel leader Nkurunziza elected new president of Burundi

BUJUMBURA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Burundi's lawmakers on Friday elected ex-Hutu rebel leader Pierre Nkurunziza as president of the central African country in an effort to bring the 12- year-long civil conflicts to an end.

Nkurunziza, the only candidate for Burundi's presidential election, has vowed to bring peace, justice and democracy to the people of the central African country.

"There will not be any patience to whoever will disturb peace in the country," Nkurunziza, the chairman of the predominantly Hutu Forces for the Defense of Democracy (FDD), said while calling on the last holdout rebel group FNL to head for a ...

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