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 fled after being threatened and heavy gunfire echoed across the capital. Residents of the capital Bujumbura reported … [Read more...]
UN Security Council to meet Thursday on Burundi
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015, Daily Nation (Kenya) UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council on Thursday will hold urgent consultations on Burundi after a top general announced that the president was removed from power. France called for the meeting which will be held immediately after talks on Iraq, the Lithuanian presidency of the council … [Read more...]
Burundi president’s recalcitrance could upset fragile peace
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 ended a decade ago, and could stoke tension in a region blighted by ethnic conflict. Mr Nkurunziza has yet to say whether he … [Read more...]
Tensions as Burundi president to launch contested re-election bid
By Agencies, Saturday, April 25 2015, The Monitor (Uganda) Burundi's president was Saturday set to declare his controversial bid for re-election during a ruling party congress taking place amid tight security and mounting tensions. The government of the landlocked central African nation has slapped a nationwide ban on demonstrations, following threats by the … [Read more...]