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US 'deeply disappointed' in Burundi decision to hold election

The United States is "deeply disappointed" in Burundi's decision to go through with parliamentary elections on Monday despite calls for a postponement, the State Department said.

Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters there were "woefully inadequate conditions for free and fair elections" in the central African nation.

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