Thierry Vircoulon, Crisis Group's Senior Central Africa Consultant, gave his testimony to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, during a hearing on the Political and Security Crisis in Burundi.
All is in place for a violent confrontation in Burundi. The failed coup on 13 May has intensified opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s push for a third term in office. After ten years of peace, Burundi is in danger of reopening the fault lines that once led the country into civil war.
Crisis Group Central Africa Project Director Thierry Vircoulon updates the unfolding developments in Burundi.
The ever-decreasing likelihood of a free and fair presidential election is in growing conflict with a popular desire for change in Burundi. To safeguard the Arusha principles agreed in 2000 to end Burundi’s civil war, the opposition and President Nkurunziza in particular must return to the path of democracy and dialogue.
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