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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, May 17, 2018, Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza speaks to the media after casting his vote in the constitutional referendum in Buye, northern Burundi. New U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says in a statement Tuesday March 5, 2019, that Burundi's government has forced the rights office in the troubled East African nation to close after 23-years. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza, FILE)

UN says Burundi forces closure of its rights office there

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FILE - In this Tuesday, April 28, 2015, file photo, Burundi riot police detain a man suspected of throwing stones during clashes in the Musaga district of Bujumbura, Burundi. The United Nations human rights office on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, said Burundi's government has asked it to leave, months after the outgoing U.N. rights chief called the country one of the &quot;most prolific slaughterhouses of humans in recent times.&quot; (AP Photo/Jerome Delay/File)

UN rights office: Burundi’s government has asked us to leave

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press