UN, AU, EU raise alarm on Burundi crisis spreading

By Alastair Macdonald VALLETTA (Reuters) - The United Nations, African Union and European Union warned on Thursday that political division in Burundi threatened to create a deep and violent regional crisis and called on both sides to meet for mediated talks. "Alarmed by the widening divisions, the threat for many more lives and a deep regional crisis, we pledged to work closely together and to mobilise all our means and instruments to prevent a further deterioration of the situation," senior off