Protests Resume In Burundi After Failed Coup Attempt

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGTX17GZgy-myqjDs1AO2XVBX69rLdPa7Ii-x7ACAYZ8v8DVZfeM9Df4qDvX_OAFLAfwp1usrYurVqKdLJYEPUknhLMipqQ9NUlEspDYu3lOOT9J_7cMnK3HZ-CSTGa_vdhvc405N6z52/s1600/Burundi+Violence1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGTX17GZgy-myqjDs1AO2XVBX69rLdPa7Ii-x7ACAYZ8v8DVZfeM9Df4qDvX_OAFLAfwp1usrYurVqKdLJYEPUknhLMipqQ9NUlEspDYu3lOOT9J_7cMnK3HZ-CSTGa_vdhvc405N6z52/s1600/Burundi+Violence1.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>No fewer than 100 protesters took to the streets of Bujumbura on Saturday against Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to seek a third term, a day after he returned to the capital following a failed coup.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The East African nation was plunged into deep crisis after Nkurunziza announced that he was running for another five-year term, with clashes between police and protesters stirring memories of an ethnically-driven civil war that ended just a decade ago.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One of the protesters, Nduwimana Belamie, told <i>Reuters</i> that "a lot of us citizens do not want the constitution to be violated, as the current president is not allowed to lead for a third term.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We will demonstrate until he steps down.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Nkurunziza's decision violates the constitution and the Arusha deal to end the war that pitted rebel groups of the majority Hutu population, including one led by Nkurunziza, against the army which was then commanded by minority Tutsis."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, that country's army was now mixed and had absorbed rival factions, but the coup attempt exposed divisions.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The fate of General Godefroid Niyombare, who had announced the president's ouster on Wednesday, was still not clear on Saturday, after loyalist troops calmed the streets of the capital on Friday following clashes between the two factions on Thursday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A <i>Reuters</i> photographer saw the army clearing barricades set up by protesters in some areas of the capital.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Residents of Bujumbura said they were planning to come out in large numbers on Monday to protest against Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Reuters/NAN</b></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE </span>=============================================================</b><br /> <b>Need Dubai visas (2 weeks or 3 months)? Contact <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Rukky Travels and Tours</span> on <span style="color: red;">rukkytravels@gmail.com</span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b><br /> <b><span style="color: red;"><i>Shopify</i> makes it easy to open an online store by providing all the tools and help you need.</span> <a href="http://www.shopify.com/?ref=tnnng" style="color: #20124d;">Click here to try it for free!</a></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://goo.gl/JoPv8J">Want An Exotic Car Ride? These Luxury Cars Are Superb. CLICK HERE To Rent One.</a></span></b><br /> <b>******************************************************************</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT <span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</b></div>

Protests Resume In Burundi After Failed Coup Attempt

No fewer than 100 protesters took to the streets of Bujumbura on Saturday against Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to s...

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