Tension is rising in Burundi after the nomination of the current president Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third consecutive term in breach of the Burundian constitution which has a term limit of two consecutive terms of 5 years each for the president. The election scheduled for 26^th June 2015 has sparked condemnation from many countries including the United States. There are reported protest marches which resulted into running battles between the protesters and the police, this made many parts of Bujumbura the capital city of Burundi to be a no go zone. The UNHCR has reported that many people were fleeing the country in fear of resurgence of civil war which ended about 10 years ago when President Pierre Nkurunziza a former rebel leader himself was nominated following Arusha Declaration . The president’s party CNDD-FDD nominated President Nkurunzizza on 18^th April, according to the party the president’s first term when he was appointed by parliament after the  deal entered to end decades of civil strife cannot be counted and they presume the president’s first term was in 2010 when he was elected through the universal suffrage despite the boycott of the opposition. The tension has been rising over plans by the opposition parties to stage protests over the president’s nomination which they contend is a nullity.













              Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza  Protesters in Burundi in a past protest march.