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Amsterdam News
April 26, 2018
In Burundi, a constitutional referendum allowing President Pierre Nkurunziza to remain in office until 2034 is scheduled for May. Moving to the east, Uganda ended age limits for presidential candidates, a move that favors the 73-year-old incumbent Yoweri Museveni. And in Sudan, Omar al-Bashir isÃâà...
eNCA
April 26, 2018
NAIROBI – A Burundian activist was sentenced Thursday to 32 years in prison for taking part in protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza, sources said, a punishment rights groups said was "eminently political". Germain Rukuki was given "32 years of penal servitude" at Bujumbura's district court, a civilÃâà...
Daily Maverick
April 25, 2018
The country has, since early 2015, experienced political instability marked by violent clashes between government and opposition forces as well as the suppression of civil society, media and opposition groups – following President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term in office. However theÃâà...
Xinhua
April 23, 2018
BUJUMBURA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Monday signed a decree on the launch of the campaign for the constitutional referendum set for May 17. The campaign for the referendum is open from May 1 at 6 a.m. local time up to May 14 at 6 p.m., any campaign activityÃâà...
Inner City Press
April 21, 2018
On April 20, Inner City Press asked UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq, UN transcript here: Inner City Press: In Burundi, I'm asking this… there was a question outstanding about a statement that seemed to have been issued by the African Union and the UN together about the breaking off of dialogue by Pierre Nkurunziza.
Times LIVE
April 21, 2018
Burundi police said on Friday eight people had been arrested for planning attacks to disrupt a constitutional referendum next month that could keep President Pierre Nkurunziza in power until 2034. Police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said security forces on Thursday morning discovered two automaticÃâà...
Daily Nation
April 20, 2018
Nkurunziza. Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza, who has set May 17 as the date for a referendum on a controversial constitutional reform. The country's lower house of Parliament has approved a bill allowing security forces to conduct night searches without a warran. PHOTO | MARCO LONGARI | AFPÃâà...
eNCA
April 19, 2018
The bill must now go before the Senate before being passed into law by President Pierre Nkurunziza "as fast as possible" a senior member of the ruling CNDD-FDD party told AFP, asking not to be named. The measure comes in a climate of tension, arrests and sporadic violence which has mounted sinceÃâà...
WTOP
March 31, 2018
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Burundian man recently deported from the United States after failing to receive political asylum has been detained without charge back home, activists said Saturday. Clement Nkurunziza has had no access to a lawyer since his March 22 arrest, said the group iBurundi, whichÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 21, 2018
A Burundian man who refused to register to vote in the country's forthcoming constitutional referendum has been killed in police custody, according to Burundian activists. Burundians go to the polls on 17 May for a referendum that could enable President Pierre Nkurunziza to stand for a further twoÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
March 20, 2018
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza on Sunday set May 17 as the date for a referendum that could extend his rule for at least a decade. The small and impoverished Central Africa nation has been unstable since 2015, when Nkurunziza decided to seek a third term in office that his opponents said wasÃâà...
Daily Nation
March 19, 2018
Sunday March 18 2018. Nkurunziza. Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, who has set May 17 as the date for a referendum on a controversial constitutional reform. PHOTO | MARCO LONGARI | AFPÃâà...
ABS-CBN News
March 14, 2018
The unhappiest nation was Burundi whose leader, President Pierre Nkurunziza, changed his title from "eternal supreme guide" to "visionary" this week. Critics decry a cult of personality surrounding Nkurunziza, who has been in power since 2005 and triggered a political crisis in the tiny central AfricanÃâà...
RFI
March 14, 2018
We start in Burundi where the ruling party, to clarify a new title bestowed on President Pierre Nkurunziza after confusion over the official translation from the Kirundi language. Uganda's Daily Monitor reports that the secretary general of the CNDD-FDD party Evariste Ndayishimiye convened a pressÃâà...
africanews
March 12, 2018
Pierre Nkurunziza was bestowed the title over the weekend as critics say he wants to become life president. “He is our elder, our father, our adviser,” the party's secretary general Evariste Ndayishimiye said in a video sent to AFP, whose authenticity was confirmed by an official. He is our elder, our father, ourÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
March 9, 2018
But the assassins of Mbonimpa's son are alive and are rumored to be in close circles with Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza. Nkurunziza, who has been in power since 2005, was re-elected for a third term in 2015 despite the constitution setting a two term limit. Nkurunziza's failure to cede powerÃâà...
Face2Face Africa
March 6, 2018
Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza is allowed to score controversial goals during matches with his personal team but you dare not seriously take him on. Two officials who tried to do so during a similar match recently have been arrested. The administrator of the northern town of Kiremba, CyriaqueÃâà...
Nairobi News
March 5, 2018
President Pierre Nkurunziza controls the ball during a past game in Bujumbura, Burundi, May 20, 2015. FILE PHOTO. By BBC ... President Pierre Nkurunziza is a 'born-again' evangelical Christian who spends much of his time travelling Burundi with his own team, Haleluya FC. He travels with his own choir,Ãâà...
Face2Face Africa
February 15, 2018
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is seeking a fourth-term bid and has since launched a campaign to promote a referendum to change the constitution that could see him rule until 2034. “It's the day you've been waiting for,” Nkurunziza told a crowd of thousands of farmers in the central Gitega district inÃâà...
Daily Nation
February 10, 2018
Burundi wants to hold a referendum that could prolong President Pierre Nkurunziza's rule. If accepted by the electorate, the constitutional change would enable him stand for two further terms of office from 2020. All opposition parties are opposed to a referendum in May. UN Secretary-General AntonioÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
December 31, 1999
A month later the country descended into lawlessness when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his bid for a disputed third term. Government security forces and members of the ruling party's youth league, the Imbonerakure, cracked down ruthlessly on protesters and critics of Nkurunziza's government.
africanews
December 31, 1999
The Burundian government and members of the ruling party have been engaged in a violent crackdown on opponents ahead of a controversial referendum planned for May this year, an international rights group has said. According to a recently released report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), BujumburaÃâà...
The News Tribune
December 31, 1999
Burundi has been plagued by violence since April 2015, when deadly protests broke out after President Pierre Nkurunziza sought a third term, leaving an estimated 1,200 people dead. More than 400,000 people have fled the country. The International Criminal Court judges last year authorized anÃâà...
The Standard
December 31, 1999
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza kicks the ball during a soccer game with his friends in Bujumbura, Burundi, May 20, 2015. [photo/ REUTERS]. Two officials have been arrested after their town's football team allegedly "roughed up" President Pierre Nkurunziza during a match with his personal team,Ãâà...
Nairobi News
December 31, 1999
President Pierre Nkurunziza controls the ball during a past game in Bujumbura, Burundi, May 20, 2015. FILE PHOTO. By BBC ... President Pierre Nkurunziza is a 'born-again' evangelical Christian who spends much of his time travelling Burundi with his own team, Haleluya FC. He travels with his own choir,Ãâà...
