Burundi govt issues order as peace talks continue

Kigali, Tuesday. The UN-led Burundi peace talks were thrown into further disarray Tuesday when the ruling CNDD-FDD party and the opposition UPRONA announced their withdrawal.

The Minister of Defence, Dr Crispus Kiyonga, has announced that dialogue on the Burundi peace pact will resume on December 28.

Bujumbura. Activists in Burundi behind weeks of protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial bid to seek a third term said yesterday they were suspending talks with the government after the murder of an opposition figure.

Burundi’s government ruled out yesterday talks with key opposition groups, rejecting calls by the influential Catholic Church for all sides to negotiate to ensure no return to civil war.

The Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York and also the Chair of the Burundi Configuration of the UN Peace building Commission, Amb. Paul R. Seger this afternoon met and held talks with the Secretary General of the East African community, Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera on Burundi peace, security, stabilization, and development process at the EAC headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
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