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Burundi President's Faces Emerging Armed Rebellion as Vote Looms
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13.07.2015
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza may find an election victory he is assured of this month swiftly overshadowed by the emergence of an armed insurgency in a nation at the heart of one of Africa's most combustible regions.
After weeks of protests against the president's bid for a third term, a general involved in a failed coup says he is mobilizing troops, grenade attacks echo round the capital and armed clashes have erupted in the north of a nation still scarred by civil war.
One senior Western diplomat said, "We are heading for trouble," warning of a "slide back into a low-level conflict" after ethnically charged fighting ended just a decade ago.
Opponents say another five-year term is unconstitutional and are boycotting the July 21 vote, thereby assuring Nkurunziza of victory. Western donors and African neighbors have urged him to step aside.
Yet the rebel-turned-president has shrugged off the pressure, citing a court ruling saying he can run again.
After weeks of protests against the president's bid for a third term, a general involved in a failed coup says he is mobilizing troops, grenade attacks echo round the capital and armed clashes have erupted in the north of a nation still scarred by civil war.
One senior Western diplomat said, "We are heading for trouble," warning of a "slide back into a low-level conflict" after ethnically charged fighting ended just a decade ago.
Opponents say another five-year term is unconstitutional and are boycotting the July 21 vote, thereby assuring Nkurunziza of victory. Western donors and African neighbors have urged him to step aside.
Yet the rebel-turned-president has shrugged off the pressure, citing a court ruling saying he can run again.
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