Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has died after a suspected bout with the coronavirus — which would make him the first world leader to succumb to the pandemic, according to a report. The ...

Presidential, legislative and communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ngozi NAIROBI (Reuters) - President ...

The president of Burundi, whose third-term bid incited a failed coup and drove thousands from the eastern African country in 2015, died from cardiac arrest on Monday at age 55, his government ...

Former Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died Monday, June 8, was scheduled to hand over power in August to his hand-picked successor retired Maj.Gen Evariste Ndayishimiye. Parliament had ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The startling death of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza earlier this week ...

Burundian drumming is a global phenomenon, featured in blockbuster movies and best-selling albums. But at home, authorities have restricted it to official functions — and banned women from performing.

Nkurunziza won 69.41% of the vote in Tuesday's election, said Pierre Claver Ndayicarie, head of the electoral commission. Nkurunziza will now continue to rule over a country that has seen months of ...

Ambition and ideology, it seems, got the best of Burundian coup plotter Godefroid Niyombare. After nearly 36 hours of chaos and tension, in which a military force divided between those loyal to ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi-- President Pierre Nkurunziza thanked his security forces Friday for crushing a military coup that tried to topple him, and he urged an immediate halt to the protests that have ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza died of a heart attack on May 8, 2020. [Reuters ...