Burundian officials and witnesses said the group of unidentified rebels crossed into Burundi overnight Monday from DRCongo’s eastern Kivu region, a chronically unstable and resource-rich area that is home to dozens of rebel groups. A previous toll given on Wednesday put the toll at 35 dead, including 34 rebels and one government soldier. Previous attacks in Burundi’s border region have been claimed by a splinter faction of the National Liberation Forces (FNL). The main body of FNL – a highly disciplined group notorious for singing hymns as they carried out attacks – signed a peace deal with the Burundian government in 2009 and have since become a political party. The rebels who still fight on have claimed a string of attacks this year, most recently in October when they claimed to have killed six soldiers, and vowed to “intensify” their raids ahead of presidential elections in June 2015. The group, however, have denied they were behind the latest attack. Burundi, a small nation in Africa’s Great Lakes region, emerged in 2006 from a brutal 13-year civil .capitalfm.co.ke/news/2015/01/at-least-100-dead-in-burundi-attack-by-rebel-group/?
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