Burundi: 1000 People Storm the Streets to Reject UN Police in the Country

New reports have just confirmed that at least 1,000 people in Burundi have taken to the streets, to protest against the United Nations’ decision to send police to the country.


According to Guardian UK, the protesters trooped to the French Embassy in anger for drafting the UN resolution to send 228 police. Some of the protesters, while demanding that the UN stay away from the country’s affairs, said it was the French who needed the police the most – citing the recent attack on Bastille Day in Nice. The Burundians also stormed the Rwandan Embassy, accusing them of training the Burundi rebels.

Guardian UK said that the UN had agreed on Friday to send the 228 officers to the capital Bujumbura and all over Burundi for a year. These officers are expected to monitor the human rights situation in the country in accordance, and they are to work with the African Union right observers and military experts following the developments in the war-wracked country. 


Burundi reportedly had agreed to allow 100 AU rights observed, 100 AU military experts, and about 50 had already begun work. However, trouble started when the UN made decision to send the number of police, because the country’s officials had said they would only accept 50.

Guardian UK says that during the voting session at the 15-member UN council meeting, four countries refused to vote for the proposal to send the police, their reason being that the UN needed to first secure the country’s consent first. These countries are China, Egypt, Angola and Venezuela.

Here’s why the country has been in turmoil, as reported by Guardian UK:
“Burundi has been in turmoil since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced plans in April last year to run for a third term, which he went on to win. 
More than 500 people have died, many of them in extrajudicial killings blamed on Burundian police, security forces and militias linked to the ruling party, according to the United Nations .At least 270,000 people have fled the country.”
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