EU, Burundi’s Catholic Church Pull Out from Observing Elections

 

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

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