Calls for Peace Grow in Burundi as Talks are Suspended

Burundians gathered in churches for Sunday services across the country, just two days before the country's presidential election in the hope there will be no electoral related violence. But talks between Burundi's political parties were suspended Sunday after government representatives failed to attend. In Musaga, one of Bujumbura neighborhoods the worst hit by weeks of deadly protests since April, worshipers were singing Sunday at a Catholic church. Today roads are open and many...

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