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Democracy has not been established despite international encouragement and the presidential election is a one-horse race

The one-party state is back. President Pierre Nkurunziza will be the only candidate in the 28 June presidential elections. The opposition’s right to hold meetings has been suspended, along with the right to strike. International efforts to help restore democracy are petering out....

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Pierre Nkurunziza, Charles Petrie, Catherine Ashton, Agathon Rwasa, Domitien Ndayizeye, Alexis Sinduhije, Jean-Bosco Habyarimana, Ezéchiel Nibigira, Roland van de Geer, Neela Ghoshal, Commission Nationale Electorale Indépendante, Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie-Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie, Forces Nationales de Libération, Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi, Mouvement pour la Solidarité et la Démocratie, Imbonerakure, Ivyuma vy’Indege