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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Burundi is in a Tailspin
Description: Burundi is in a tailspin. It has been for the last year since President Pierre Nkurinziza decided to run for a constitutionally dubious third term in office. That set off protests, a violent suppression of those protests, and a short lived coup. Now, Nkurinziza is consolidating his hold on power, there is great fear that the situation may devolve into a full blown civil war, and given the history of the region, perhaps even genocide.Â
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The world is pretty aware of this. But the international community seems unable to stop Burundi from sliding into deeper conflict. Why?
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