In the great lakes region, BURUNDI goes to the polls on Wednesday. This amidst simmering political violence and fears the country is sitting on a COVID-19 timebomb. This week President Pierre Nkurunziza's government expelled the country representative for the World Health Organisation despite mounting fears that Burundi's election rallies could help spread the new coronavirus. The nation of 11 million has reported close to 30 cases so far but has only carried out about 520 tests in total. For more on this story, we are now joined via Skype by African Affairs analyst Nixon Katembo.
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