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Burundi: Main opposition picks presidential flagbearer

Burundi’s main opposition party, the National Congress for Liberty, known by its French acronym CNL, on Sunday picked the current chairman of the National Assembly, Agathon Rwasa, as its candidate in the presidential election in May.   The 65-year-old candidate fought in Burundi’s civil war, as did current President Pierre Nkurunziza.   “As we are […]