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Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza threatened on Wednesday to fight any African Union peacekeepers imposed on his country, Reuters reported. “Everyone has to respect Burundi borders,” Nkurunziza said on state radio. “In case they violate those principles, they will have attacked the country and every Burundian will stand up and fight against them.” Meanwhile, the African Union on Wednesday threatened to sanction Burundi’s rival factions if they failed to attend peace talks next month, as it pushes the government to accept a peacekeeping force, AFP reported. The unrest in the tiny central African nation has raised fear of a return to all-out war, nine years after the end of a civil war.