Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza don die at di age of 55 afta im suffer cardiac arrest according to goment sources. Dem admit am to hospital on Saturday afta im fall sick, im comndition improve ...

The East African nation was notorious for political violence and the repression of dissident voices under President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died suddenly aged 55 during the coronavirus pandemic.

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 55, the government in Gitega said Tuesday. Monday's report said there has been a wave of "fear and repression" against ...

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza was sworn in for a controversial third term in power Thursday, the presidency said, following elections last month, weeks of protests and a failed coup.

[Reuters] Evariste Ndayishimiye was yesterday declared Burundi’s next president to take over from his ally and strongman Pierre Nkurunziza, after winning last week’s bitterly contested poll ...

That year, then president Pierre Nkurunziza defied the constitution to run for a third term, triggering bloody political turmoil that led to the deaths of at least 1,200 people, while 400,000 more ...