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Urgent: Burundi's pro-president troops regain control of airport: sources

Xinhua, May 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

Burundi's pro-president troops have regained control of the international airport in the capital Bujumbura, which was earlier taken by the pro-coup forces, sources told Xinhua on Thursday.

Currently government forces have also secured control of the State House, headquarters of the ruling party CNDD-FDD, the state TV broadcaster and the state radio, the sources said. Endi