Burundi: Polls opened in Burundi on Tuesday for a controversial presidential election where sitting leader Pierre Nkurunziza is seeking an unprecedented third term which critics described as prohibited based on the peace accord that ended the country's 10 years civil war that left over 300,000 people dead.
Scattered gunfire was heard in the streets of the capital, Bujumbura, and ballot casting was light in the first hours after polling stations opened.
It will be recalled that aside the police officer and a civilian who were killed in separate incidents in pre-election violence, several others have died in Burundi since Nkurunziza said he will run for a third term, which would extend his decade in office by five more years.
Protesters determined to prevent his candidacy have taken to the streets in the capital and have been met with deadly police force.
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