Police walk away from protestors in the Cibitoke neighbourhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, on May 5, 2015. Several donors have suspended aid to Burundi due to violence in the country. PHOTO | FILE |
The Burundi government is struggling to meet its financial obligations following the suspension of aid and diminishing revenues from taxes and exports in the face of a political crisis that has been unfolding in the East African country this year.
Western countries — led by the European Union, the United States, Belgium and the Netherlands — have withheld more than $190 million in aid in attempts to get President Pierre Nkurunziza to negotiate with the opposition.
