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U.S. calls Burundi election 'deeply flawed'
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Jul 24, 2015 8:07pm EDT
U.S. calls Burundi election 'deeply flawed'
WASHINGTON
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday called Burundi's election "deeply flawed" and urged President Pierre Nkurunziza to hold a "meaningful, serious" dialogue with the central African country's opposition, the State Department said in a statement.
Nkurunziza won a third term in office on Friday after the opposition boycotted the vote, accusing him of violating the constitution by running for re-election.
Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term plunged Burundi into its biggest crisis since an ethnically charged civil war ended in 2005.
(Reporting by Eric Beech)
U.S. calls Burundi election 'deeply flawed'
WASHINGTON
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday called Burundi's election "deeply flawed" and urged President Pierre Nkurunziza to hold a "meaningful, serious" dialogue with the central African country's opposition, the State Department said in a statement.
Nkurunziza won a third term in office on Friday after the opposition boycotted the vote, accusing him of violating the constitution by running for re-election.
Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term plunged Burundi into its biggest crisis since an ethnically charged civil war ended in 2005.
(Reporting by Eric Beech)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/25/us-burundi-election-usa-idUSKCN0PZ00520150725
