U.N. Warns of Mounting Political Crisis in Burundi

 
Reuters, 14/08 16:44 CET

GENEVA (Reuters) – Burundi’s leaders need to renounce violence and resume their dialogue to prevent the country’s political crisis from escalating, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.

Tensions have been high in the central African state since late April when President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to seek a third term in office, a move his opponents and Western powers said violated the constitution and which triggered a failed coup in May.

Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, told a news briefing in Geneva that at least 96 people had been killed since the start of election-related violence in April.

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Source: Euronews