By Clement Manirabarusha
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – The
European Union and Burundi’s influential Roman Catholic Church on
Thursday pulled out from observing elections in the African country,
saying that next month’s vote cannot be fair because of daily unrest and
a crackdown on media.
More than a month of demonstrations against President
Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to seek a third term in office has sparked
the biggest political crisis since an ethnically-charged civil war ended
in Burundi in 2005.
Source: Euronews
Full article available here: http://www.euronews.com/newswires/3020163-eu-suspends-election-observer-mission-to-burundi/
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