Burundi’s Election Commission Should be Promoting a Free Media - FRENCH

Déplier Le président burundais Pierre Nkurunziza arrive pour les célébrations marquant le 55ème anniversaire de l’indépendance du Burundi au stade du Prince Louis Rwagasore de Bujumbura, au Burundi, le 1er juillet 2017. © 2017 Evrard Ngendakumana/Reuters Last week, a meeting organized by Burundi’s election commission was meant to be an opportunity to discuss how a “democratic culture” would ensure successful elections in 2020. In most circumstances, this would have been a welcome message coming from the National Independent Election Commission (Commission électorale nationale indépendante,…

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