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Burundi

Nations discuss sending in troops

Key Western powers and the United Nations are discussing the possible deployment of international peacekeepers to Burundi if the violence in the African country spirals into a full-scale ethnic conflict, diplomats said on Wednesday. At least 240 people have been killed and tens of thousands have fled to neighboring states during months of violence that began when President Pierre Nkurunziza decided in April to run for a third term.