Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Burundi: Tensions Heighten as Trial Begins for Failed Coup Plotters

 

Days after Friday’s (December 11) clashes in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura killing 87 people, a trial has began for the May coup plotters amid heightened tensions.

Generals and senior army officers are among the 28 people standing trial for the attempted coup sparked by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term in April. He was re-elected in a disputed election in July which opponents term as a violation of the peace deal that ended the civil war. 

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Source: Euronews 

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