Government rejects Burundi’s “outrageous allegations”

The Tanzanian government has rejected “outrageous allegations” by the Burundi authorities claiming those who killed two UN staffers in southern Burundi last month came from Tanzania. In a letter to the UN Security Council last week, Tanzania’s representative Tuvako Manongi said his country “believes the recent atrocities committed in Burundi are a continuing manifestation of the instability and insecurity facing Burundi”. He said peace in Burundi could only be guaranteed by a political settlement involving all of its citizens. “Tanzania remains committed to supporting Burundi in the search for a peaceful settlement to its political problems,” the letter said. “This is a course the government of Tanzania will not alter even in the face of such outrageous allegations purporting to claim that the perpetrators...came from Tanzania, allegations which we reject vigorously.”