The death count continues to rise in Burundi. It is a gruesome statistic Burundians can happily do without. As this happens, diplomats continue to talk. President Pierre Nkurunziza remains defiant and intransigent. Ordinary people whose only concern is daily survival bear the brunt of the violence.
Nobody knows the exact figure or when the killings will end, or even whether the situation will escalate and take on a new form. That is everyone's concern, although it has not been enough to move the world to act to end the killings.
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