Burundi: Is the Arusha Peace Treaty Under Threat?
The announced changes to Article 129 of the constitution could allow the ruling party to change the ethnic quotas in the Arusha agreement that brought and end to the civil war.
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Burundi:
The True Price of Nkurunziza's Third Term
ISS, 24 August 2015
On Thursday 20 August, Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza surprised many when he was sworn in for his third mandate six days before the inauguration was scheduled to take place. Read more »
President Pierre Nkurunziza
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Burundi:
Nkurunziza Seeks to Forestall Diplomatic Fallout
East African, 29 August 2015
A week after President Pierre Nkurunziza's inauguration only a few leaders had sent messages of congratulations as he started his third term in office. Read more »
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Burundi:
Silence in Burundi As Violence Forces Independent Press Into Exile
CPJ, 26 August 2015
On June 24, a grenade was thrown through the window of Voice of America correspondent Diane Nininahazwe's home. It was one of three cases CPJ has documented in recent months where… Read more »
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Burundi:
Troubled Burundi's New Government
DW, 25 August 2015
In strife-torn Burundi, President Pierre Nkurunziza has nominated a new cabinet less than a week after being sworn in for a controversial third term. Dominated by hardliners, it is… Read more »
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Burundi:
Opposition Activist Shot Dead in Burundi
News24Wire, 23 August 2015
A Burundian opposition activists has been shot dead east of the capital Bujumbura, witnesses said on Sunday, as violence linked to the controversial election victory of President… Read more »
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Burundi:
In Burundi Looms New Civil War
Independent (Kampala), 24 August 2015
Mourners attend the vigil of Burundian General Adolphe Nshimirimana in Bujumbura, at the site where he was killed, on Aug.9. Nshimirimana, widely seen as Burundi's de-facto… Read more »
InFocus
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President Pierre Nkurunziza has been sworn in for a third term, in a ceremony his party says was announced at the last minute for security reasons. Read more »
