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Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has faced a tricky balancing act to bring change to the troubled nation while accommodating the elites who helped put him in power, even as activists warn that his government's human rights record remains dire.
But he has been praised for ending the country's global pariah status, prompting the United States and the European Union to lift sanctions.
