Burundi tells UN to close local office by January

Evariste Ndayishimiye.

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye who came to power earlier this year. PHOTO | AFP

Burundi has told the United Nations secretary general that the office of the organisation's special envoy must shut by the end of the year.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres recently asked that the office remain in operation for one more year owing to a "fragile" situation in the country.