Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs

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  • Associated senior researcher, Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI); and Head of Research, Senior Researcher Peace and Conflict Research (Folke Bernadotte Academy), Uppsala University
A sign at a candlelit vigil tells the story of a country sliding further into authoritarianism. DAI KUROKAWA/EPA

Democracy in peril: Burundi’s referendum will cement Nkurunziza’s grip on power

Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs, Uppsala University; Angela Muvumba Sellström, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH), and Jesper Bjarnesen, The Nordic Africa Institute

If the referendum goes President Pierre Nkrunziza’s way, it will also be a further blow to ordinary Burundians, who live in a state of hardship and adversity.