Burundi still in clashes

Picture: Aljazeera

At least two protesters were killed and eight were wounded in Thursday's clashes with police in the capital Bujumbura, the Red Cross said.
They are the latest victims of the unrest prompted by President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term, in which more than 20 people have died.
Heavy gunfire was heard all day in suburbs of Bujumbura, with intense bursts of automatic weapons, as protesters in reply hurled rocks from makeshift barricades.
The UN refugee agency says that more than 105,000 people have fled Burundi into neighboring countries since the conflict started.
Mr Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader, has been president since 2005.

Burundi: Key facts

The country is facing its worst turmoil since the 12-year civil war ended in 2005

• 10.4m population
  
• 50 years - life expectancy for a man
  
• 2nd poorest country in the world
  
• 85% are Hutu, 14% Tutsi
  
• 300,000 died in civil war
  

UN, World Bank, CIA