Burundi policemen detain protesters opposing President Pierre Nkurunziza from running for a third term, in the capital Bujumbura, April 17, 2015. REUTERS/Jean Pierre Aime Harerimana
BUJUMBURA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Any move by Burundi's president to run for a third five-year term risks undermining a peace deal that has kept the African nation calm since civil war ended a decade ago and could stoke tensions in a region blighted by ethnic conflict.
Pierre Nkurunziza has yet to say if he will stand in the June 26 vote, but diplomats and opponents expect him to run even though they say it would violate the constitution and the Arusha peace deal, credited with helping heal Burundi's ethnic rifts.
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