AU Heads of State Summit needs to whip Nkurunziza back into line
The EAC-led Inter-Burundi Dialogue, with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni as chief mediator and former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa as facilitator, tried – and failed – to mediate between the government and the opposition, both those in exile and those who remained in-country. ILLLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA | NMG
Presidential elections in Burundi are less than a year away and a repeat of the violence that marred the last poll seems likely.
In April 2015, President Pierre Nkurunziza sparked months of mass protests and brutal repression when he sought – and later won – a contested third term.
