UN probe urges Burundi to break 'cycle of violence'

A UN commission probing Burundi on Monday urged the East African country’s new government to “break the cycle of violence” and start cooperating with the United Nations. In a statement, the UN Commission on Inquiry, which publishes its final report in September, urged Burundi’s new president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, to “demonstrate his will for change”. It urged him to cooperate fully with international human rights mechanisms — including the commission itself — and reopen the UN Office for Human Rights in Burundi.