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Burundian riot police form a barricade to hold
protesters back during a demonstration against the president's bid to cling to
power for a third term in Musaga, outskirts of Bujumbura, on April 28, 2015
©Simon Maina (AFP)
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Burundi's
constitutional court will examine the legality of President Pierre Nkurunziza's
bid for a third term, the Senate said Wednesday after days of protests against
his plans to run in June elections.
Venant
Barubike, private secretary to the Senate president, told AFP that a motion had
been submitted to the court for interpretation of key articles related to a
possible third term, which opposition supporters say goes against the
constitution as well as the peace deal that ended a civil war in 2006.
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