Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Police Raid on Burundi Opposition

Police have searched the house of Burundi's main opposition spokesman, seizing computers and documents. Police sources say Pancrace Cimpaye is wanted for allegedly insulting the president. They went to arrest him, but he was not home when they arrived. Mr. Cimpaye accused the government of being behind weekend grenade attacks on the houses of five politicians. The five were among 69 MPs urging the president to talk to the opposition about forming a unity government. Burundi, one of the world's poorest nations, is emerging from a 12-year civil war.

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