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 The atmosphere was tense as soldiers deployed in the east African
nation's capital, Bujumbura, where more than 20 people were killed
in almost three weeks of unrest before last week's failed putsch, a
Reuters witness said.
Residents reported heavy overnight gunfire in some parts of the
city, and one body was found in the morning, though it was not
immediately clear who was involved. The police, reviled by the
protesters as pro-Nkurunziza, were largely absent, leaving internal
security in the hands of the army.
Nkurunziza's bid for another five years in power -- which both the
generals who announced the coup on May 13 and the protesters say is
unconstitutional -- has plunged Burundi into its worst crisis since
an ethnically charged civil war ended in 2005.
More than 100,000 refugees have fled to neighboring Rwanda,
Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania, fearing ethnic tensions
could escalate and engulf Africa's Great Lakes region, as happened
after the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
 Demonstrators said they were still determined to see Nkurunziza back
down.
"This protest will not end until he himself says that he is not
vying for a third term," Gentil Shokomba told Reuters. "We want
peace in Burundi, and we are tired of war."
Although Nkurunziza's position appears to be stronger after the rump
of the army rallied round him, the bid for power by sacked former
intelligence chief Godefroid Niyombare, who is now behind bars, has
done nothing to resolve the political dispute.
Divisions in the military, the central pillar of post-war unity and
reconstruction, have heightened fears of descent into ethnic
conflict between the Hutu majority and Tutsi minority.
On Monday, Kenya called for the presidential elections scheduled for
June 26 to be postponed to allow for a "conducive environment" but
said they still had to be held before the end of August, when
Nkurunziza's term officially closes.
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"MASS REVENGE"
On Sunday, at his first public appearance since the coup attempt,
Nkurunziza made no reference to the political crisis, saying instead
he was "very preoccupied" by the threat posed by Somali militant
group al Shabaab.
Burundi contributes troops to an African Union force fighting al
Shabaab in Somalia -- and the militants have launched attacks in
other African countries involved in the mission.
But the al Qaeda-linked Somali group dismissed Nkurunziza's
statement, saying he was just trying to divert attention while he
prepared "mass revenge" on his domestic opponents.
Nkurunziza's critics argue that his bid violates a two-term limit in
the constitution, as well as the spirit of the 2005 Arusha peace
agreement that ended the civil war.
He argues that his first term does not count because he was
appointed by parliament, not directly elected, and points to
approval from the constitutional court. His opponents and some
donors have questioned the court's impartiality.
Fear over the unrest is particularly acute in Rwanda, which has the
same ethnic mix as Burundi and which was torn apart by a genocide in
1994 that killed 800,000 mostly Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
(Additional reporting by Duncan Miriri; Writing by Ed Cropley;
Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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