Burundi’s outgoing President Pierre Nkurunzinza has died at 55.
This is according to the BBC.
The BBC said he died of a Heart attack.
Its not clear if his wife Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza has been discharged from Hospital.
She was admitted at Agakhan Hospital, Nairobi suffering from Covid-19 a week ago.
He has been the President since 2005.
His administration has been rocked by human rights abuse and mismanagement.
According to Wikipedia in 2015, Nkurunziza was controversially nominated by his party for a third term in office.
Supporters and opponents of Nkurunziza disagreed as to whether it was legal for him to run again, and protests followed.
More than two months of anti-Nkurunziza protests, which were often violently repressed, left at least 100 dead.
On 13 May 2015, a coup attempt against Nkurunziza occurred while he was out of the country; the coup leader, Godefroid Niyombare, claimed to have ousted Nkurunziza, but Nkurunziza loyalists disputed the claim.
Facing resistance from Nkurunziza loyalists, the coup collapsed and forces loyal to Nkurunziza appeared to be back in full control by 15 May.
Independent media was shut down and many opponents fled, joining an exodus of more than 400,000 Burundians.
Wkipedia says.
Amidst an opposition boycott, Nkurunziza was reelected to a third term in the July 2015 presidential election.
On 7 June 2018, Nkurunziza announced that he would not seek another term when his current term ends in 2020.
In May 2020, Major General (Rtd) Evariste Ndayishimiye was elected as the President of Burindi.
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