East African Leaders to Meet on Burundi Crisis

East African regional heads of state plan to meet in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, on Monday to assess and find a way to resolve the crisis in Burundi. It is unclear if Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza would attend the meeting, which comes as he intensifies his campaign for a controversial bid to seek re-election. Burundi's opposition says Nkurunziza’s third term bid undermines the constitution. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, current chairman of the East...

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