Burundi Urged to Accept African Union Peacekeepers

25 December 2015

Burundi's government has been urged by the the African Union to allow peacekeepers into the country as the move was not part of any "other agenda".

Chairperson of the AU Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma contacted Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza on Friday to make it clear that "the AU has no other agenda than to assist the government and people of Burundi at their hour of need, consistent with its commitment to promote African solutions to African problems".

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