Burundi Opposition Says Leaders Face Threats Before 2015 Polls

Members of Burundi’s opposition should be protected from politically motivated violence in the run-up to next year’s elections, an opposition spokesman said.

Threats have increased in recent weeks and opposition members plan to address the international community about the risks, Chauvineau Mugwengezo, the spokesman for the Alliance for Democratic Change, which groups 10 political parties, said in a July 15 interview in the capital, Bujumbura.