Burundi leader skips summit to campaign for re-election

Burundi's embattled president skipped key regional talks Monday, staying at home to campaign for a controversial third term as a rebel general threatened to step up attacks.

The crisis in the central African nation surrounds President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid to stand for a third consecutive five-year term in office. The move is branded by opponents as unconstitutional and a violation of a peace deal that brought an end to a dozen years of civil war in 2006.