Archbishop's body found

BUJUMBURA - The army said yesterday soldiers found the bodies of the Tutsi Catholic bishop, Dr Joachim Rahuna, and a nun eight…

BUJUMBURA - The army said yesterday soldiers found the bodies of the Tutsi Catholic bishop, Dr Joachim Rahuna, and a nun eight days after they were killed in an ambush in central Burundi.

The leader of Burundi's largest rebel group meanwhile said army had massacred 10,000 since its July 25th coup called on regional African states to maintain their embargo on Burundi.

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