At least 70 people died during protests against Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid to be re-elected president for a third term. As the poll goes ahead this Tuesday, the country is deeply divided.
The choice of Ndora, in the north of Burundi, for the final phase of the election campaign, was no accident. A week earlier, it was the site of battles between the army and a new rebel group. President Pierre Nkurunziza went to Ndora with a clear message: "Whoever wants peace will vote for us." But the president's candidacy has plunged the country into its deepest crisis since the civil war. Nkurunziza stood on a truck to address the crowd, surrounded by heavily armed police and soldiers.
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