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Burundi: Ex-Burundi President Pierre Buyoya Passes On
New Times, 18 December 2020
Burundi's former president Pierre Buyoya, who served two terms, has died aged 71, according to reports. Read more »
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Burundi: Ex-Leader Gets Life Sentence for Killing Another Former President
Nation, 21 October 2020
Burundi's ex-president Pierre Buyoya has been sentenced to life in prison in absentia over the assassination of his successor in 1993, according to a court ruling. Read more »
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Burundi: Burundi's History Awash With Bloody Succession
East African, 15 June 2020
Pierre Nkurunziza, born on December 18, 1965, the ninth president of Burundi since its independence on July 1, 1962 from Belgium, becomes the country's first president to die of… Read more »
Former Burundi President Pierre Buyoya Dies
Pierre Buyoya 71, served as president twice, from 1987-1993 and then 1996-2003. His death comes three weeks after he resigned from the position of the High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel Region. He said he needed time to focus on legal battles back home, following his trial in absentia and sentencing to life in prison for alleged assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye who had won the 1993 elections.
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Burundi's former president Pierre Buyoya, has been been sentenced in absentia, to life in prison for his role in the killing of the first democratically elected president, Melchior ... Read more »
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President Pierre Nkurunziza ruled Burundi with an iron first for 15 years, including a controversial third term that saw hundreds killed in protests and more than half a million ... Read more »
President Kibaki (right) holds talks with former presidents Thabo Mbeki (South Africa) and Pierre Buyoya (Burundi), at his office in Nairobi (file photo).
