Protests have been repressed since a failed coup attempt, and the country is now gripped by a spate of grenade attacks. Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term in Burundi’s upcoming elections plunged this tiny nation in the heart of Africa into crisis in April. The protests have been repressed since a failed coup attempt, but
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BBC – Maj Gen Godefroid Niyombareh announced that a national salvation committee had been set up to run the country. President Nkurunziza is currently in Tanzania meeting other East African leaders to discuss the crisis. His aide dismissed the coup claims as “a joke”. President Nkurunziza has rejected calls to postpone next month’s election. Gen
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March 13, 2014 Marthe van der Wolf, VOA South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir attends a session during the 25th Extraordinary Summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on South Sudan in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, March 13, 2014. East…
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