September 20, 2000: Five African Presidents witness the last three Tutsi extremist parties append their signatures to the Burundi Peace Accord in Arusha. In a joint communique issued after the signing, the leaders said the endorsement signalled the completion of the first phase of a peace process. Here, Nelson Mandela (centre) the Burundi peace facilitator gestures as (left to right) Zambia’s Information Minister Newstead Zimba and Presidents Pierre Buyoya (Burundi), Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania), Daniel Arap Moi (Kenya), Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), and Paul Kagame (Rwanda), look on at State House in Nairobi after peace talks.