UN Chief: Burundi President, Opponents Agree to Hold Talks

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has agreed to begin talks with opposition leaders to bring an end to a nearly year-long political crisis. Ban announced the breakthrough Tuesday in the capital Bujumbura, where he arrived the day before for meetings with politicians and civil society groups. The U.N. chief said that all sides had promised to engage in "inclusive dialogue." His visit comes a month after a U.N. Security...

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