Tanzania and Burundi missed the July 18 deadline set by the region’s heads of state to ratify the East African Community Multilateral Double Taxation Agreement. Regional businesses said the delay.
The government of Burundi has said it will not attend peace talks scheduled to resume in Tanzania on Thursday, although the main opposition alliance has confirmed its participation. The talks.
Burundi’s Justice Minister Aimée Laurentine Kanyana notified the United Nations on Thursday of the country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, which will take effect one year from Oct. 27,.
By Mohammed Yusuf Burundi’s parliament is set to begin reviewing a report from a national commission, convened by the president that says the people are in favour of scrapping term.
Burundi could scrap presidential term limits from its constitution after a commission set up to hear public views on governance said most citizens wanted no curbs on the number of.
President Pierre Nkurunziza has given armed gangs in Burundi 15 days to surrender to authorities and hand in their weapons or face unspecified action. Nkurunziza was speaking during a visit.
