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Burundi: Government Refuses to Join Peace Talks
Al Jazeera, 5 January 2016
Burundi's government will not take part in peace talks with the opposition scheduled for Wednesday, a senior official said, casting doubts on efforts to end months of violence. Read more »
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Burundi: What Next for the Peace Process?
IRIN, 4 January 2016
Talks aimed at a settlement to Burundi's violent political divide are due to start in neighbouring Tanzania on Wednesday, but the government is taking a hard line over what it… Read more »
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Burundi: 'Transformation Is Pre-Requisite for Peace in Burundi'
Cameroon Tribune, 5 January 2016
Dr Peter Sakwe Masumbe, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and International Relations, University of Buea, revisits the ongoing conflict and stalemate in Burundi. Read more »
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Burundi: Burundi Government Remains Inflexible
Cameroon Tribune, 5 January 2016
The political crisis, violence and security situation in Burundi continue to worsen despite different attempts to have the stakeholders negotiate and ultimately end the threatening… Read more »
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Burundi: Protest Could Delay a Return to Peace Talks
East African, 2 January 2016
Doubts have surfaced over the resumption of the intra-Burundi dialogue on January 6, as the government pushes for a homegrown initiative, amid protests at what it considers… Read more »
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Burundi: Burundi Issues Peace Talks Terms As Dialogue Kicks Off
East African, 28 December 2015
The Burundi government has said failed May coup plotters should not be allowed to participate in talks aimed at ending months of violence. Read more »
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Burundi: Four Former Burundi Presidents Join Talks
Monitor, 29 December 2015
Negotiations to end the violence in Burundi kicked off yesterday at State House Entebbe with four former Burundian presidents attending the talks mediated by President Museveni. Read more »
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Burundi: Reluctant Museveni Says Violence Must Stop
Monitor, 28 December 2015
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has asked warring parties in Burundi to put an end to extrajudicial killings in the country. Read more »
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Uganda: Peace Talks Relaunched in Uganda
DW, 28 December 2015
Government and opposition representatives from Burundi held their first day of talks in Uganda in a bid to restart negotiations called to end months of violence, which has stoked… Read more »
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Burundi: AU Threatens Rivals With Sanctions
Monitor, 30 December 2015
The chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, yesterday warned the belligerent parties in Burundi that they could be subjected to severe… Read more »
Will Burundi Peace Talks Resume on Schedule?
Differences between the government and opposition raise doubts over whether the intra-Burundi dialogue, relaunched under the leadership of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, will resume in Arusha as scheduled on January 6.
President Yoweri Museveni, left, greets former Burundian presidents Jean Baptiste Bagaza, right, Domitien Ndayizeye, second right, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, and Pierre Buyoya at Entebbe State House, Uganda on December 28, 2015. The four are part of the mediation team aimed at ending months of violence in Burundi.
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Representatives from the government and the opposition met in Kampala on the initiative of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, the East African Community's mediator in the Burundi ... Read more »
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The chairperson of the AU Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has told i President Pierre Nkurunziza that "the AU has no other agenda than to assist the government and people of ... Read more »
