Mu gihe kitageze no ku mezi abiri ayoboye African Union, Perezida w’u Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye yamaze gushyira uyu muryango mu bibazo bikomeye bya dipolomasi, bigaragaza intege nke mu miyoborere no kutubahiriza amategeko agenga uyu muryango.
Ku itariki ya 2 Werurwe 2026, u Burundi bwatangaje ku mugaragaro ko bushyigikiye kandidatire ya Macky Sall ku mwanya w’Umunyamabanga Mukuru wa United Nations. Icyakora, iki cyemezo cyafashwe nta nama ibanje guhuza ibihugu bigize AU, ibintu byahise bitera impaka zikomeye.
Igitangaje kurushaho ni uko n’igihugu cya Senegal ubwayo cyavuze ko kitigeze gitanga uburenganzira kuri iyo kandidatire. Ibi byahise bigaragaza ko iki gikorwa cyakozwe mu buryo bwihuse kandi budafite ishingiro rya dipolomasi.
Ikibazo gikomeye kuruta ibindi si izina rya Macky Sall, ahubwo ni uburyo bwakoreshejwe. Perezida Ndayishimiye yashatse kwemeza iki cyemezo akoresheje uburyo bwiswe “silence procedure” bw’amasaha 24, aho ibihugu byasabwaga kutavuga niba byemera, bikavuga gusa niba byanze. Ibi byafashwe n’ibihugu byinshi nk’igitutu no kutubaha inzego z’umuryango. Mu masaha make, ibihugu birenga 20 byahise byamaganye icyo cyemezo, birimo South Africa na Nigeria, byerekana ko nta bwumvikane bwari bwabayeho mbere.
Ubusanzwe, kandidatire z’Afurika ku myanya mpuzamahanga zinyura mu kanama k’abaminisitiri b’ububanyi n’amahanga kagena abakandida (AU Candidatures Committee), kagamije kubaka ubwumvikane mbere yo gutanga izina.
Ariko muri iki gihe, iyi nzira yose yarirengagijwe. Ibi byatumye habaho kwibaza niba koko ubuyobozi bwa AU bushobora kuvuga mu izina rya Afurika hatabayeho kumvikana.
Icyabaye cyasize isura mbi ku African Union ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Byagaragaye ko umuryango ushobora gushyirwa mu bibazo n’imyanzuro ifatwa mu buryo bwihuse, idafite ubufatanye.
Abasesenguzi bavuga ko iki kibazo cyerekanye isomo rikomeye: muri AU, ubuyobozi ntibushingira ku mwanya gusa, ahubwo bushingira ku bwumvikane bw’ibihugu byose.
Ibi byabaye ni isomo rikomeye ku buyobozi bwa Burundi ndetse no ku muryango wa AU muri rusange.
Byerekanye ko kwihutira gufata ibyemezo bikomeye bidafite inama ihagije bishobora guteza ibibazo bikomeye bya dipolomasi.
Mu by’ukuri, Afurika ntiyavuga ijwi rimwe hatabayeho ibiganiro byimbitse n’ubwumvikane busesuye. Naho ubuyobozi bushyira imbere kwihutira ibyemezo, bushobora gusenya aho kubaka.
