UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon passed through Nairobi on Monday afternoon on his way to Bujumbura to support on-going UN efforts at resolving Burundi’s political crisis. The Director-General of UN Office in Nairobi (UNON) Sahle-Work Zewde and Kenya’s Minister for Education Dr. Fred Matiangi met and briefed him.
On arrival in Burundi, Secretary-General Ban will hold talks with President Pierre Nkurunziza following meeting with leaders of political parties and civil society.
Burundi was thrown into crisis in April when President Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term that he went on to win in July. To date, it has been reported that more than 400 people have been killed, over 240,000 have fled the tiny nation, and thousands more have been arrested and possibly subjected to human rights violations.
The UN leader is then expected to leave Burundi on Tuesday for the Democratic Republic of Congo on the second leg of an Africa tour. He is expected to be in Goma to visit people impacted by the insecurity and humanitarian crisis in the region, including those living in camps for internally displaced people. In Kinshasa, the Secretary-General will preside at the opening session of the Great Lakes Private Sector Investment Conference. He is also due to meet with the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila, and political and civil society representatives.
The Secretary-General will leave Kinshasa for Juba, South Sudan on 25 February, and meet with President Salva Kiir as well as visit a Protection of Civilians’ site that is run by the UN Mission in that country.
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of United Nations (UN).
Source: Apo-Opa
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