Over 650 people were handed the death penalty in Africa’s most populous nation last year, though none were executed.
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Armed forces reject Amnesty International’s call for probes against commanders leading fight against Boko Haram.
Burundi is one in a string of sub-Saharan countries where anti-government demonstrations have recently taken hold.
Compensation was paid for the devastating 2008 spills that soaked the delta, but clean-up hasn’t begun six years later.
Voters head to polls to choose their president against a backdrop of violent attacks by armed group Boko Haram.
Nigerians are flooding home for Saturday’s vote, but fears of violence grow amid the too-close-to-call election.
Recent public polls show an election too close to call with each party commanding about 42 percent of the vote.
Under-equipped and demoralised, army fails to protect northerners against intensified Boko Haram attacks.
