Breaking: Burundi’s President, Pierre Nkurunziza, Dies At 56

Hamilton Nwosa
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By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat’s Polling and Data Tracking Desk).

The President of Burundi, His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, has died of a heart attack, according to an official government Twitter account.

Read tweets in English below;

”The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with very great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi, occurred at the Cinquantenaire Hospital in Karusi following a cardiac arrest on June 8, 2020.”

Tweets In French below;

 

More Details soon…

 

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