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Amid the current tense situation in Burundi, representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches are now on a solidarity visit to Burundi - 1 to 4 March. WCC general secretary Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said the visit was "to express our commitment to work with all religious leaders and all peace-seeking people of Burundi and to support their tireless efforts on the ground to secure a lasting peace and stability there.”

Separately, Simon Guillebaud, a mission associate with CMS (a Faith2Share member) who heads Great Lakes Outreach (GLO) in the capital of Bujumbura, writes in his blog:

"It is simply soul-destroying to watch this country tear itself apart, to be bombarded daily with stories of colleagues' and friends' gut-wrenching woe, to observe so much good work over the previous decade undone."

But he says he hopes and prays that "the impossible can happen, that Burundi can emerge into a new dawn, that somehow a pathway to peace can be established, however improbable that looks at this stage."

(Picture courtesy: GLO website)]

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