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Burundi on the brink, the world must act

Burundi is on the edge of a precipice. Tragically, the rest of the world is watching, silently.

President Pierre Nkurunziza’s announcement that he would run for a third presidential term in June’s elections despite a two-term limitation imposed by the country’s constitution was the fuse that exploded, plunging the small, land-locked nation into violence and chaos.

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