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Cnared: “Real opposition”

10-23-2017 The opposition coalition in exile-CNARED issued a statement on October 16. It lays into the Burundian Ombudsman, the Arusha facilitation and some opposition parties. All of them would be participating in the sabotage of the ongoing dialogue. Edouard Nduwimana? “The zealous servant of an illegal and illegitimate government of (...)
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CNARED still demands negotiations to end crisis

08-17-2017 Members of the National Council for the Respect of the Arusha Agreement and Rule of Law-CNARED have recently held a three-day meeting in Belgium. Negotiations and consolidation of the members of the board were on the agenda. The executive board of the main opposition in exile –CNARED met in (...)
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CNARED with new Executive Board

03-02-2017 The National Council for the Respect of the Arusha Agreement and Rules of Law-CNARED, a platform that gathers the opposition in exile and part of the internal opposition, has just elected a new executive board, this 28 February, in Belgium. Charles Nditije, 63, Chairman of Uprona party- the wing (...)
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Inter-Burundian dialogue resumes next week in Arusha

02-11-2017 Burundi Dialogue Facilitator’s office has announced the resumption of the dialogue from 16 to 18 February in Arusha. Eight points are on the agenda. “Everyone is invited to participate in this dialogue so that we can find solutions to our problems but through an inclusive dialogue”, says Willy Nyamitwe, (...)
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Two CNARED Board members temporarily suspended

02-01-2017 Alice Nzomukunda and Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira, two former Burundi deputy presidents, have been suspended temporarily from the governing board of CNARED. They are accused of serious and flagrant violation of the platform’s code of conduct. Alice Nzomukunda, Chairman of the ADR-Imvugakuri and Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira, Chairman of Sahwanya Frodebu, have been (...)
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Dissension within opposition platform over executive board term

01-31-2017 The term of the Executive Board of the National Council for the Arusha Agreement and Rule of Law-CNARED expired on 25 January. Members are divided over the term limit and accuse one another of violating the regulations governing the platform. “The opposition platform –CNARED has no board since 25 (...)
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CNARED: « Our main objective was to return home within nine months »

01-24-2017 The term of CNARED Executive Board ends its term this 25 January. Some activities have been made according to the assessment by the Executive Board. Anicet Niyonkuru, Executive Secretary to the National Council for the Restoration of the Arusha Agreement and the State of law-CNARED says several activities have (...)
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Weakening opposition struggles to remain united

01-24-2017 Leaders of the opposition platform CNARED, civil rights organisations and the Burundi diaspora opposed to President Nkurunziza’s “anti-constitutional” third term met in Belgium from 20 to 22 January. The aim of the gathering was to “decide on the strategy to harmonize the fight for the restoration of the Rule (...)
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Dissension within opposition platform over inter-Burundian dialogue facilitation

01-11-2017 Top leaders of Frodebu political party, member of the Burundi main political opposition platform, say they still recognize Mkapa as the inter-Burundian dialogue Facilitator, while the platform rejects him arguing he is biased. Frodebu party, member of the main Burundi opposition platform CNARED that is based in Belgium, says (...)
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Burundi opposition denounces Mkapa and calls for inclusion of UN and AU in mediation

01-06-2017 Burundi’s opposition platform, CNARED, has said again that former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa, facilitator of crisis talks in Burundi, is not fit for the job. It calls on the East African Community (EAC) to include experts from both the UN and the AU in talks to end the Burundi (...)