How did Nelson Mandela contribute to the Burundi peace process?

Following the death of former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere in 1999, former South African president Nelson Mandela assumed the role of mediator for the Burundi peace process.12

Mandela’s mediation was instrumental in guiding the rival factions toward the Arusha Agreement, a pact signed in 2000 that established a framework for power-sharing between the country's Hutu and Tutsi populations. Although fighting persisted after the initial signing, Mandela continued his efforts, and the peace talks were successfully concluded under his mediation in 2001. This agreement paved the way for the installation of a new transitional government in November 2001, which mandated alternating leadership between Tutsi and Hutu presidents.12