Burundi Holds Legislative Vote, Excludes Main Opposition Leader

Burundi is holding elections for the National Assembly and local councils that have excluded the main opposition in one of the world’s poorest nations.

Agathon Rwasa, whose faction was blocked from participating, has claimed the vote won’t be fair because the electoral commission is not independent. He’s also alleged that voters and opposition politicians have been the victims of intimidation by the youth league of the ruling party, which has been in power for two decades.