Burundi: Abducted fishermen released by rebels in southwest - agency Text of report by Burundi news agency Azania The 28 fishermen who were abducted on Tuesday [28 August] morning in Lake Tanganyika have been released without any ransom being paid. According to reports received from family members in Rumonge [southwestern Burundi], the fishermen were freed by their kidnappers, the FDD-FNL [Forces for the Defence of Democracy-National Liberation Forces] rebels, who had confused the fishermen's boat to be that of the Burundi army.