Burundi Presidential Election Postponed to July 21

Presidential elections in Burundi have been postponed by nearly a week, the presidential spokesman announced Saturday.

A decree signed by President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose controversial bid in April for a third consecutive five-year term has sparked weeks of civil unrest, said the polls would be moved from July 15 to July 21, according to the New York Times.

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