A Tense Burundi Holds Parliamentary Elections

BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI - JUNE 29: A Burundian votes in a polling station during parliamentary and local elections on June 29, 2015 in Bujumbura, Burundi. The African Union (AU) announced that they are not sending observers to the general election, saying conditions for a free and fair vote have not been met. The AU and the UN have called for the election to be postponed. The head of Burundi's influential rights group Aprodeh says at least 70 people, mostly civilians, have been killed and hundreds of others wounded following weeks of political unrest in the small and landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa. The violence started began President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his controversial bid for a third consecutive five-year term in office. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)