Elections in Burundi, postponed two weeks ago, have been delayed for a second time — local and legislative. Police have been shooting at protesters in the capital. Some 40 people are reported to have been killed in the crackdown. <br /><br /> Bujumbura has not announced a new election date, as tensions remain high. The re-scheduled polls were to have taken place this Friday. <br /><br /> The impoverished and landlocked country of some 10.5 million people is in the Great Lakes region of East Africa. <br /><br /> A presidential ballot is due in three weeks’ time.<br /><br /> The crisis blew up when outgoing president Pierre Nkurunziza said he would run for a third term, which goes against the constitution.<br /><br /> A few days ago, at a summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which is one of the countries neighbouring Burundi, Nkurunziza appeared to yield to pressure from the East African Community (EAC) not to run.<br /><br /> He had been in Dar es Salaam earlier in May, on the 13th, for an EAC meeting, when a Burundi army faction under the command
