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Burundi: AU Calls for Elections Shift
New Times, 8 May 2015
The African Union has called for Burundi to postpone its elections. The East African country's due to vote for a new Parliament later this month and for a new president at the end… Read more »
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Burundi: More than 50,000 Flee Burundi Violence
UN News, 8 May 2015
The eruption of pre-election violence in Burundi last month has seen over 50,000 people flee to neighbouring countries and threatens to undo some of the most promising developments… Read more »
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Burundi: Ruling Party Youths Target Opponents, Say Refugees
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 8 May 2015
Refugees fleeing escalating violence in Burundi say members of the ruling party's youth wing are painting red marks on the homes of people to be targeted, the U.N. refugee agency… Read more »
African Union Wants Burundi Elections Delayed
As the United Nations refugee agency said more than 50,000 people have fled Burundi, African Union chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said she did not see how elections could be held. Opposition leader Agathon Rwasa said the "credibility of the electoral process is already in doubt".
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As Burundi refugees stream into Tanzania, President Jakaya Kikwete - who also chairs the East African Community - has dispatched the region's foreign ministers to Bujumbura on a ... Read more »
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The judgement follows days of deadly protests in the capital Bujumbura and after the constitutional court's vice-president fled the country. It also came after one of the judges ... Read more »
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The organization has issued a warning, saying that the political climate in the country is not conducive to elections scheduled for June. Read more »
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Politicians and local leaders are amongst thousands who have fled the country as protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's third-term bid enter a second week. Read more »
