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EAC Heads of State to meet over Burundi crisis

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza whose controversial third term bid has caused turmoil in the East African country. 

East African leaders are to meet on Monday in the latest bid to resolve the political crisis in Burundi, after controversial elections were internationally condemned for not being free and fair.

More than 70 people have been killed in more than two months of protests and a failed coup attempt sparked by President Pierre Nkurunziza's defiant bid for a third term, with almost 144,000 refugees fleeing into neighbouring nations.

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