BUJUMBURA | BY CLEMENT MANIRABARUSHA | Sun 28 Jun 2015 | REUTERS The African Union stood down its election observers in Burundi on Sunday, saying Monday’s parliamentary election would be neither free nor fair, as the speaker of parliament said he had f …
UN Security Council to meet Thursday on Burundi Published: May 14, 2015
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015, Daily Nation (Kenya) UNITED NATIONS People waving branches celebrate in the streets of Bujumbura on May 13, 2015 following the radio announcement by Major General Godefroid Niyombare that President Nkurunziza was overthrown. AFP …
Burundi president’s recalcitrance could upset fragile peace Published: April 25, 2015
BY PATRICK NDUWIMANA AND EDMUND BLAIR, APRIL 24 2015, Business Day (South Africa) ANY move by Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third five-year term risks undermining the Arusha peace deal that has kept the country calm since civil war …
Tensions as Burundi president to launch contested re-election bid Published: April 25, 2015
By Agencies, Saturday, April 25 2015, The Monitor (Uganda) Police officers escort a man after protesters calling for the president not to run for a third term tried to gather, in Bujumbura city center on April 17, 2015. Police in Burundi today fired …