Burundi leadership answerable for crimes against humanity - U.N.


  • World
  • Monday, 04 Sep 2017

GENEVA (Reuters) - Burundian officials at the highest level should be held accountable for crimes against humanity, and a list of suspects has been drawn up, a U.N. Commission of Inquiry said on Monday.

The commission said there were reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity had been committed since April 2015, when President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would seek a new term in office, triggering a descent into chaos and violence.

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