Burundi talks resume amid calls

The Burundi dialogue is set to resume on December 28, 2015 following calls by the international community to tame the escalating violence that has seen more than 300 killed since April.

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

Tanzania has called for the convening of an emergency ministerial meeting to address the crisis in the East African Community (EAC) member country, Burundi, which has already impacted on the operations of the regional organisation and the integration efforts in general.

A shift to a hotel nightclub dance-floor in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for talks on a truce in South Sudan leaves some delegates bemused.

Peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels resume in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with a 10 August deadline to agree a ceasefire.

Burundi's president sacks three cabinet ministers, as protests resumed in the capital after last week's failed coup.

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