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Region (MRB Dec 2001): SA troops try charm offensive in Burundi to deflect hostility.

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| December 01, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

With Burundian gendarmes still protecting the SA protectors' headquarters in Bujumbura, the South African military command there has been operating a 'charm offensive' among the media in a bid to defuse hostility.

SA Defence Minister Mosioua Lekota visited the contingents there and in the DR Congo last month to boost morale and to stress again their peacekeeping role, while SA television noted mounting "rebel propaganda" against the troops. Other African contingents are still waiting for a ceasefire among the warring parties, but there have been more expressions of support an promises of financial support from the European Union.

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