Off the wire
• Displaced up by 50 percent as military operations intensify to retake Iraq's Mosul  • Venezuela continues search for missing military helicopter with 13 on board  • Lithuania confirms deployment of U.S. troops  • Ljubljana ends title of European Green Capital  • Inflation rate in Germany hits 41-month high  • Tanzania unveils funds for wildlife compensation  • Laos to rival Thai club at Toyota Mekong Club Championship final  • South Sudan VP says regional leaders back Machar's exile  • Lack of skilled workers, emigration major challenges to Lithuania's labor market: presidential adviser  • Loeb wins Dakar Rally stage 2, takes overall lead  
You are here: 　 Home

UN condemns assassination of Burundian minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru

Xinhua, January 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

The United Nations on Tuesday condemned the assassination of Emmanuel Niyonkuru, Burundian minister of water, environment, and planning, on January 1.

"We express our sincere condolences to the family of Mr. Niyonkuru, the government and people of Burundi," UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a press briefing.

"This act serves as another sad reminder of the urgent need for the Burundian parties to come together in the larger interest of the people of Burundi in the search of a lasting political solution for the crisis in the country," he said.

To that end, the United Nations stands ready to continue working with partners in support of the Facilitation led by the East African Community, said Dujarric. Endit