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The National Liberation Forces-Icanzo (FNL-Icanzo) is a small
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in
Burundi Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...
. 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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