Burundi to go ahead with elections amidst pandemic

Burundi will hold general elections later this month. And covid19 has not stopped campaigning, or the violence that so often accompanies voting in Burundi.

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(Photo: A supporter of the ruling party the National Council for the Defence of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) attends the opening of the campaign in Gitega, central Burundi. Credit: TCHANDROU NITANGA/AFP via Getty Images)