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Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died of a heart attack, the government says Details soon..

Three armed force officers who were a piece of a gathering that endeavored to topple Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza a couple of days earlier have been captured. Previous Burundi Defense pastor Gen Cyrille Ndayirukiye was one of the three captured today. ...

Intensive infighting broke out between government troops and coup soldiers in the early hours of Thursday as the two sides continued exchange of fire to seize the capital, witnesses said.  

The Burundian general who has launched a military coup has ordered the closure of an airport and land borders to stop the president returning to the country, Sky News reports. Major General Godefroid Niyombare made his bid for control just ...

This is the shocking moment a Burundian policewoman was dragged on the ground by a rampaging mob who accused her of shooting at people taking part in a riot over the country’s president’s controversial bid for third term in office. ...