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Ban appoints Algerian
diplomat Said Djinnit as envoy for Great Lakes region
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Civic groups in Burundi are rejecting a U.N.-appointed
official as mediator in crisis talks between the government and those opposed
to a third term for President Pierre Nkurunziza, saying they doubt his
neutrality.
Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, a
leading rights activist here, told The Associated Press Tuesday that several
groups had written a joint letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
expressing opposition to the mediation role of Algerian diplomat Said Djinnit.
Mbonimpa said that in
meetings they had told Djinnit — the U.N. chief's special envoy for Africa's
Great Lakes region — that they felt he supported a third term for Nkurunziza.
Last week about 17
opposition groups wrote Ban saying they wanted Djinnit's removal, but a
spokesman for Ban said Djinnit's efforts to end Burundi's political crisis are
fully supported.
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