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Tags KPFA Weekend News broadcast Jan. 23 2016

Tag: KPFA Weekend News broadcast Jan. 23 2016

Burundi: Nkurunziza refuses to bow to Samantha Power’s demands

The tiny East African nation of Burundi remains unbowed despite pressure from Western officials. Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, speaking to the press yesterday, remained firm in his rejection of a proposed African Union peacekeeping force in his country. U.N. Ambassador to the U.S. Samantha Power expressed her disappointment. KPFA’s Ann Garrison has more.