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Burundi crisis threat to EA stability, says COTU boss

The East Africa Trade Unions Confederation (COTU) has warned that the spiralling violence in Burundi and the murder of the country's opposition leader are worrying for the the region.

Confederation chairman Francis Atwoli blamed the country's leadership for the turn of events, accusing it of suppressing "opposition leaders, protestors, various voices of democracy including workers".

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