Taybat Ade-Ola
New Member
Polling stations have opened in Burundi’s controversial presidential elections with Pierre Nkurunziza widely expected to win a third consecutive term,.
Shortly before voting started on Tuesday, at least two people – a policeman and a civilian – were killed, according to witnesses, in a string of explosions and gunfire in the capital Bujumbura, the epicentre of three months of anti-government protests.
According to Al Jazeera, one of the opposition members was also killed overnight in the city’s Nyakabiga neighbourhood which prompted a big crowd to gather there in protest in the morning.
About 3.8 million Burundians are eligible to vote in the polls, which the opposition and civil society groups are boycotting, claiming they will not be free and fair.
Shortly before voting started on Tuesday, at least two people – a policeman and a civilian – were killed, according to witnesses, in a string of explosions and gunfire in the capital Bujumbura, the epicentre of three months of anti-government protests.
According to Al Jazeera, one of the opposition members was also killed overnight in the city’s Nyakabiga neighbourhood which prompted a big crowd to gather there in protest in the morning.
About 3.8 million Burundians are eligible to vote in the polls, which the opposition and civil society groups are boycotting, claiming they will not be free and fair.