Senegalese general honoured by Burundi's Head of State

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - On the occasion of the festivities to mark the 62nd anniversary of national independence, Burundi's Head of State Evariste Ndayishimiye Monday awarded a medal of merit to retired Senegalese Brigadier General Alioune Samba, former chairman of the Joint Commission for the Supervision of the Ceasefire in the 1993-2003 ethnic civil war in Burundi, under the aegis of the United Nations and the African Union (AU)