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Government criticises UN human rights envoy

    NAIROBI

    The Burundi government has criticised the newly-appointed UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burundi, Marie-Therese Keita Bocoum, for “a one-sided and partial monitoring” of the facts during her recent visit to the country. In a statement received by IRIN on Wednesday, the government accused her of not yet knowing enough about the country. “She should not lose herself in sensationalism which defies reality and promotes the genocidal terrorists,” the statement said. “Madame Keita makes no distinction between the facts linked to regroupment and those linked to the war,” it added.

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