Burundi hosts Congo opposition leaders and religious figures for political talks

With the planned July 8 protest by the Article 64 coalition for constitutional order (C64) already postponed, key opposition figures from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and prominent religious leaders have traveled to Bujumbura for high-level consultations. The meetings, chaired by Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye—who also serves as the current chair of the African Union—aim to address the escalating political, security, and institutional crisis gripping the DRC.