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President Pierre Nkurunziza campaigning, not able to attend EAC crisis talks on Burundi

BUJUMBURA: Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza will not attend a summit of regional leaders in Tanzania on Sunday focusing on the crisis in his country, his spokesman said.

"President Nkurunziza will not go to Dar es Salaam," Gervais Abahiro told AFP. "He will be represented there by his foreign minister. He is campaigning (for elections) and decided to delegate his minister."

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