But any celebrations were overshadowed by a week of escalating violence in the northern Tigray region – one of several places where voting was cancelled. At least 64 people were killed when an Ethiopian army plane bombed a busy marketplace in the town of Togoga. But health workers said the dead and wounded were civilians, and that soldiers blocked them from reaching the scene. But talk of change by Évariste Ndayishimiye has not been followed by meaningful reform, according to a report from the Burundi Human Rights Initiative. Meanwhile, EU leaders were in Brussels for a two-day summit on 24 and 25 June to discuss migration – among other topics.