Museveni set to resume Burundi peace talks

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.

The Burundi dialogue was set to resume last Monday following calls by the international community to tame the escalating violence that has seen more than 300 killed since April.

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.

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.

Negotiations to end violence in Burundi kicked off yesterday at Entebbe State House with four former Burundian presidents attending the talks mediated by President Museveni.

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.

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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.
Amb. Seger’s briefing comes at a time when the UN, at the request of the...

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.