Controversial Burundi president-Nkuruziza wins third term...

Nkurunziza won 69.41% of the vote in Tuesday's vote, handing him an immediate first-round victory, the election commission said.

“We are very happy with this result,” said Pascal Nyabenda, the head of Nkurunziza’s ruling CNDD-FDD party, while insisting that the president will not be seeking a fourth term in 2020.

“These elections were well organised and took place in a situation of peace and security. I don’t know why a section of the international community say they were not credible. They were free, transparent and took place in security.” He said.

There are also widespread fears the country, situated in the heart of central Africa’s troubled Great Lakes region, could be plunged back into civil war.

“What has just happened is the climax of a coup d’etat against the constitution by President Nkurunziza,” fumed Jean Minani, a prominent opposition leader.

“The opposition does not accept and will never accept that these were credible elections. We call on the international community not to recognise the results and to continue to push for real negotiations to prevent Burundi from going over the precipice,” he said.

The European Union said Thursday it would begin reviewing its cooperation with Burundi, including trade, political cooperation and development aid.

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini reiterated a threat to impose sanctions on “those whose action have led to or are leading to acts of violence and repression, to the serious violations of human rights or hindering the quest for a political solution” to the crisis.

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has urged calm and a political dialogue to end the crisis.

He took “note of the broadly peaceful conduct of polling” but called “on all parties to continue to remain calm and immediately resume an inclusive political dialogue to resolve their differences”.


The government had so far dismissed criticism of the poll, which the United States, European Union and former colonial power Belgium said lacked credibility.


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