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1. Will Italian voters approve Matteo Renzi’s constitutional reforms in October?
2. Has Pope Francis responded poorly to the Vatileaks scandal?
3. Will low oil prices produce significant social discontent in Saudi Arabia?
4. Has Nigeria “technically won” its war against Boko Haram?
5. Will there be a transatlantic free trade deal in 2016?
6. What lessons should the international community learn from the West African Ebola outbreak?
7. Can the Japanese-South Korean agreement over “comfort women” produce greater cooperation on future issues of mutual interest in East Asia?
8. Will 2016 bring more economic pain to China?
9. What grade does Narendra Modi deserve for his first year in office?
10. Was 2015 the year of the terrorist?
When it comes to the African continent extempers are used to talking about topics such as South Africa’s economy, the continent’s amazing economic potential in the twenty-first century, Chinese interests in the region, Robert Mugabe’s continued misrule of Zimbabwe, and conflict zones such as the Democratic Republic of Congo. What they have been less used to is talking about smaller African nations such as Burundi, but in light of significant political unrest extempers will probably be talking more about this country in the weeks and months ahead. Last April, President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would seek a third term. This would be normal under some democratic systems, but Burundi’s constitution, agreed to in 2006 after the end of a thirteen-year civil war, prohibits a president being elected to more than two terms. In light of Nkurunziza’s decision, opposition groups mounted several public protests and elements of the Burundian military sought to depose him in a coup in May. That attempt failed and since that time international observers have worried that Burundi is becoming a cauldron of political unrest, which could break down along ethnic lines and produce another mass genocide on the African continent reminiscent of what took place in Rwanda in 1994. Observers also worry about the radicalization of Burundian refugees and that the nation’s unrest could ignite a multi-national struggle between Burundi, Uganda, and Rwanda and their allies in East Africa. Additionally, Burundi’s unrest provides a test of the African Union’s (AU) ability to protect civilians populations in its member states and its willingness to prevent future crimes against humanity.
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