Burundi: the main opposition party suspended

Burundi's main opposition party, the National Council for Freedom (CNL), has seen its activities suspended by the Interior Ministry due to " irregularities" during its last two congresses, it has been reported.

The party leadership denounced to AFP "a serious violation of the Constitution" and "an attempt to destabilize and weaken the CNL" in this country in the Great Lakes region regularly singled out for rights violations . humans . This decision follows two congresses - one ordinary on March 12 and the other extraordinary on April 30 - aimed at providing the party with new statutes and internal regulations in accordance with the new administrative division of the country, which will be effective in 2025. These meetings also saw eight executives opposed to the president of the CNL, Agathon Rwas…