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UN Human Rights Office Warns Burundi Crisis ‘Spiralling Out of Control’

People demonstrate in Bujumbura against a decision by Burundi’s ruling party to nominate President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term (April 2015). Photo: Desire Nimubona/IRIN

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–14 August 2015 – The situation in Burundi continues to deteriorate amid ongoing killings, arrests and detentions in the latest post-election turmoil to afflict the country, the United Nations human rights office has reported.

“We urge all sides to resume dialogue before the situation spirals completely out of…

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