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Political crisis in Burundi

Christian worshippers prays at a church in the flashpoint neighbourhood of Musaga in Bujumbura. Almost five million Burundians will go to the polls on Monday for parliamentary and local elections after weeks of unrest and violence that has forced 100,000 to flee the country. The troubled central African nation of Burundi has been in crisis since late April over President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial bid to stand for a third consecutive five-year term, a move branded by opponents as unconstitutional and a violation of a peace deal that paved the way to end 13-years of civil war in 2006. Rights groups say over 70 people have been killed in the country's worst political crisis since the war ended a decade ago.

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Christian worshippers prays at a church in the flashpoint neighbourhood of Musaga in Bujumbura. Almost five million Burundians will go to the polls on Monday for parliamentary and local elections after weeks of unrest and violence that has forced 100,000 to flee the country. The troubled central African nation of Burundi has been in crisis since late April over President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial bid to stand for a third consecutive five-year term, a move branded by opponents as unconstitutional and a violation of a peace deal that paved the way to end 13-years of civil war in 2006. Rights groups say over 70 people have been killed in the country's worst political crisis since the war ended a decade ago.
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