Burundi

Congolese soldiers killed 27 fighters during operation to clear rebels from border region, DR Congo army says.

Pierre Buyoya derides the court sentence handed down for the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye in 1993.

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Stricter health guidelines issued after newly inaugurated president declares COVID-19 the ‘worst enemy of Burundi’.

PM Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni and Interior Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca are under sanctions over alleged rights abuses.

Pierre Nkurunziza died at the age of 55 of what the government said was ‘heart failure’.

Ndayishimiye inherits an isolated country under sanctions with a national psyche damaged by years of political violence.

Ndayishimiye has pledged to defend ‘interests of the nation, ensure national unity and cohesion of Burundian people’.

Court says Ndayishimiye to assume power despite constitution providing for speaker to over in event of a leader’s death.

Pierre Nkurunziza was to step down in August after his surprise decision not to run in an election last month.

Speculation swirls in Burundi over what caused the death of the president, and who will replace him.

Pierre Nkurunziza, who ruled the Central African country for 15 years, died of a heart attack, the government said.

Government statement on Twitter says outgoing president, 55, died at Karuzi hospital after suffering a heart attack.