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Political crisis in Burundi

United Nations mediator for Burundi Abdoulaye Bathily (2nd L) speaks with the United Nation Electoral Mission in Burundi (MENUB) representative while the African Union (AU) Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region and Head of the AU Liaison Office in Burundi Ibrahima Fall (2nd R) talks with an aide in Bujumbura. Burundi's ruling party said on June 23 it had boycotted the restart of UN-led talks hoped to broker peace between rival parties following weeks of violence and ahead of elections on June 29. The troubled central African nation has been in crisis since late April over President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial bid to stand for a third consecutive five-year term.

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United Nations mediator for Burundi Abdoulaye Bathily (2nd L) speaks with the United Nation Electoral Mission in Burundi (MENUB) representative while the African Union (AU) Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region and Head of the AU Liaison Office in Burundi Ibrahima Fall (2nd R) talks with an aide in Bujumbura. Burundi's ruling party said on June 23 it had boycotted the restart of UN-led talks hoped to broker peace between rival parties following weeks of violence and ahead of elections on June 29. The troubled central African nation has been in crisis since late April over President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial bid to stand for a third consecutive five-year term.
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