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This R&D provides resources on the ongoing violence in Burundi.  President Pierre Nkurunziza won a third term in July, but the opposition has disputed the results of that election as many of them boycotted it.  The opposition claims that Nkurunziza could not run for a third term as the constitution and a 2005 peace treaty disallowed it.  The United Nations is worried that the political dispute could lead to ethnic violence and it is wanting to bolster its presence in the country.