They’ve quarantined  the animals, specially bought from Tanzania.

As Jean-Jacques Cornish reports, there may be more to it.

French Ambassador to Bujumbura Laurent Delahousse is nonplussed about the Burundi authorities’ reaction to his gift of ten donkeys.

He calls them the land cruisers of the animal kingdom and insists they will be useful transporters for the NGO dealing with small farmers.

Diplomats say the misgivings are not really about the long-eared beasts of burden but rather about France’s unequivocal criticism of the handling of this month’s referendum giving President Pierre Nkurunziza, already serving a controversial third term, the power to stay at the helm until 2030.

They say there was similar help from Belgium to another BurundianNGO that has not attracted any criticism. 

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