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Burundi Minister Shot Dead In Latest Violence
Burundi's Environment Minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early Sunday, police said, the first killing of its kind since the country was plunged into political turmoil two years ago.
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UN Chief To Visit Crisis-Hit Burundi
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is expected in Bujumbura on Monday to give fresh impetus to stalled efforts at resolving Burundi's 10-month-old political crisis.
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UN Mission Sends Burundi Officers Home Over Unrest
The UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic is repatriating three military officers on suspicion they committed human rights violations during political unrest in their home country, Burundi, an internal document showed.
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Burundi's President Threatens To Fight African Peacekeepers
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza threatened today to fight any African Union peacekeepers imposed on his country, in his most confrontational comments yet on a mounting political crisis.
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UN Security Council to Meet on Monday Over Burundi 'Hate Speech': France
The UN Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss Burundi as "hate speech" threatens to exacerbate a deteriorating political situation, the French foreign ministry said today.
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Burundi Crisis Escalates as Opposition Boycotts Elections
Opposition parties will boycott Burundi's elections in protest at the president's bid for a third term and on concerns that voting will not be fair, party officials said, escalating the nation's worst political crisis since a civil war ended in 2005.
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European Union Threatens Sanctions Against Those Involved in Burundi Violence
European Union foreign ministers on Thursday threatened to sanction individuals involved in Burundi's political violence.
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Burundi to Take Centre Stage as African Leaders Meet
Leaders meet in Johannesburg today for an African Union summit which will be dominated by the political unrest in Burundi and the migration crisis in the continent.
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UN Envoy Quits Role as Mediator in Burundi Crisis Talks
The UN special envoy to the Great Lakes region has quit his role facilitating talks between rival factions in Burundi's political crisis but is staying on in his broader regional position, a UN official said today.
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Crisis-Hit Burundi Says Elections Will Go Ahead
Burundi's government insisted Friday that the first stage of controversial elections will go ahead next week despite the central African nation's ongoing political crisis.
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Burundian President's Term Limit Unlikely on Agenda at East African Summit: Experts
East African leaders will meet in Tanzania tomorrow for a summit on the political crisis in Burundi, though experts said the other nations were unlikely to raise the key issue of presidential term limits.
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Cholera Hits 3,000 Burundi Refugees in Tanzania: UN
About 3,000 refugees fleeing political turmoil in Burundi have been infected in a cholera epidemic in neighbouring Tanzania, the United Nations said on Friday, stoking fears of a growing humanitarian crisis in Africa's Great Lakes.
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Burundi Minister Shot Dead In Latest Violence
Burundi's Environment Minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early Sunday, police said, the first killing of its kind since the country was plunged into political turmoil two years ago.
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UN Chief To Visit Crisis-Hit Burundi
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is expected in Bujumbura on Monday to give fresh impetus to stalled efforts at resolving Burundi's 10-month-old political crisis.
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UN Mission Sends Burundi Officers Home Over Unrest
The UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic is repatriating three military officers on suspicion they committed human rights violations during political unrest in their home country, Burundi, an internal document showed.
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Burundi's President Threatens To Fight African Peacekeepers
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza threatened today to fight any African Union peacekeepers imposed on his country, in his most confrontational comments yet on a mounting political crisis.
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UN Security Council to Meet on Monday Over Burundi 'Hate Speech': France
The UN Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss Burundi as "hate speech" threatens to exacerbate a deteriorating political situation, the French foreign ministry said today.
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Burundi Crisis Escalates as Opposition Boycotts Elections
Opposition parties will boycott Burundi's elections in protest at the president's bid for a third term and on concerns that voting will not be fair, party officials said, escalating the nation's worst political crisis since a civil war ended in 2005.
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European Union Threatens Sanctions Against Those Involved in Burundi Violence
European Union foreign ministers on Thursday threatened to sanction individuals involved in Burundi's political violence.
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Burundi to Take Centre Stage as African Leaders Meet
Leaders meet in Johannesburg today for an African Union summit which will be dominated by the political unrest in Burundi and the migration crisis in the continent.
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UN Envoy Quits Role as Mediator in Burundi Crisis Talks
The UN special envoy to the Great Lakes region has quit his role facilitating talks between rival factions in Burundi's political crisis but is staying on in his broader regional position, a UN official said today.
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Crisis-Hit Burundi Says Elections Will Go Ahead
Burundi's government insisted Friday that the first stage of controversial elections will go ahead next week despite the central African nation's ongoing political crisis.
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Burundian President's Term Limit Unlikely on Agenda at East African Summit: Experts
East African leaders will meet in Tanzania tomorrow for a summit on the political crisis in Burundi, though experts said the other nations were unlikely to raise the key issue of presidential term limits.
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Cholera Hits 3,000 Burundi Refugees in Tanzania: UN
About 3,000 refugees fleeing political turmoil in Burundi have been infected in a cholera epidemic in neighbouring Tanzania, the United Nations said on Friday, stoking fears of a growing humanitarian crisis in Africa's Great Lakes.
