The National Liberation Forces-Icanzo (FNL-Icanzo) is a small

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Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

. In 2005, the National Liberation Forces rejected the peace deals of the

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that led to democratic elections in Burundi notwithstanding its later tentative endorsement of them on 18 June 2006. On September 7, 2006 the group signed a ceasefire with the Government and as a result the groups 3000 fighters are to disarm.Burundi rebels to lay down arms
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''. 2006-09-11. URL retrieved 2006-12-26. The FNL was the last major Hutu group to join the peace process.

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