Nairobi, June 5, 2025 (AFP) - Burundi votes but with opposition neutered

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2025-06-05

Elections for a new parliament in Burundi got under way on Thursday but with little risk of an upset after the main opposition was effectively barred from running. The impoverished, landlocked country in east Africa has seen decades of ethnic violence, civil war and authoritarian rule. A former rebel group, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) of President Evariste Ndayishimiye, has......

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