Former Burkina Faso President Named UN Burundi Envoy
A former Burkina Faso president, Michel Kafando, has been appointed the new UN envoy for Burundi, where efforts to end a political crisis over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s rule have stalled. Kafando, 74, has “more than three decades of extensive experience in high-level international diplomacy and politics,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday in announcing the … Read more