Burundi’s president, Pierre nkurunziza’s that have been sitting on the throne in the past 15 years, is dead.
It informs the government of Burundi in a message on Twitter.
– the government of Burundi can with great sorrow to announce that His Excellency Pierre nkurunziza’s, the president of Burundi, all of a sudden is dead, as it says in the message.
According to the message due to the death of a cardiac arrest.
Pierre nkurunziza’s have been president in the central african country of Burundi since 2005. He was in the 2015 re-elected for a third of the state by a large majority.
In 2018, backed by a large majority of the population call for a reform of the country’s constitution, which meant that the president could sit further 16 years.
He has, however, announced earlier that he is not standing at the next elections. In august, he should have handed over the presidency to his successor, who was elected by a vote last month.
Pierre nkurunziza’s coming to power in the wake of a 12-year-long civil war that claimed the lives of around 300,000 people.
He is the former militia leader of a rebel group with ethnic hutus. In 2005, he was elected president after having promised the people peace in the country.
His opponents accused him in 2015 for violating the constitution when he asked for a third of the state.
Critics, political opponents, journalists and activists were subjected to violence and torture by Pierre Nkurunzizas followers.
After that he had foiled a coup attempt, was more than 1,000 burundians were killed in clashes with security forces. More than 400,000 were forced to flee out of the country.
