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President Cyril Ramaphosa will join other leaders in Bujumbura Burundi today. The President will participate in the High-Level Meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of Peace, Security and Cooperation framework.
The meeting will focus on the current conflict in the Eastern Part of the DRC. The conflict has led to tensions in the Great Lakes region.
The meeting comes at a time when the continent is also dealing with another challenge in Sudan.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has described the human rights impact of the ongoing conflict as catastrophic.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterress has warned that the conflict risks being a full blown war unless parties agree to permanent cessation of hostilities. The conflict in Sudan erupted three weeks ago as a result of a power struggle between Sudan's two most powerful and largest military forces: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
This comes at a time where Burundi will be hosting a meeting of heads of state and governments who are part of African Union Peace and Security Council.
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Animosity against Burundian Pres. Pierre Nkurunziza boiled over in April when he stated his intention to run for a third term causing political turmoil.
A Burundi army general says senior officers are "dismissing" President Pierre Nkurunziza, amid unrest over his bid to be re-elected for a third term. Maj Gen Godefroid Niyombareh announced that a national salvation committee had been set up to run the country.
However, it is not clear how much support he and the other officers have. President Nkurunziza is currently in Tanzania meeting other East African leaders to discuss the crisis. His aide dismissed the coup claims as "a joke".
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A former all-powerful prime minister of Burundi, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, appeared in court on Monday, where he is accused of undermining national security and insulting the president, witnesses and a judicial source reported.
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A top Burundian general and close aide to President Pierre Nkurunziza was killed Sunday in a drive-by shooting in the capital Bujumbura, heightening tensions after a disputed presidential poll.
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Burundi's government said, on Monday, efforts to collect illegal arms were proceeding peacefully. President Pierre Nkurunziza had set a Nov. 7 deadline for people to surrender illegal arms. The president said those who did not hand over arms would be treated as criminals. The latest violence came in an attack on a Bujumbura bar on Saturday that witnesses said killed nine people. For the latest on the situation, Apollinaire Niyirora, a Burundi journalist, joins VOA’s Vincent Makori live via phone from Bujumbura.
Burundi last week launched a modernization project to the port of Bujumbura in a bid to boost efficiency to its operations. The project will be financed and implemented by Japan and is estimated to cost about 31 million US dollars.
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Tension grew in the streets of Burundi’s capital Bujumbura on Monday as protesters demonstrating against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term in office came face to face with soldiers deployed to the city's streets. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas Greenfield, spoke to VOA on the U.S. position. The battle for Burundi has centered on control of the country’s influential radio stations. VOA’s Gabe Joselow reports from the capital, Bujumbura, that private and government media have both been casualties of the recent political violence. Later, Vincent Makori talks to VOA’s State Department Correspondent Pam Dockins.
In Burundi, campaigns for legislative and presidential election are ongoing in an atmosphere of tension. A political crisis triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term remains unresolved. Efforts by the new United Nations facilitator of talks between rival factions have hit a snag. VOA's Edward Rwema reports from Bujumbura.
Burundi is currently facing its worst political crisis since the end of its 12-year civil war, in 2005. Opposition supporters recently clashed with police, after Burundi's ruling party failed to win parliamentary approval for constitutional changes. VOA's Vincent Makori gets more insight from Frederic Nkundikije, of VOA's Central Africa Service.
Political parties will meet on Monday, to discuss a new date for the presidential elections. This after the government and the country's electoral commission agreed to postpone the poll.
For more analysis on the issue of Burundi, we are now joined from our Pretoria studios by analyst, Dr Dirk Kotze.
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In October 2022, Burundi reopened its borders after seven years of closure. Evariste Ndayishimiye, the new president, is keen to break with the isolation enforced by his late predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza, whose controversial third term sparked a political crisis and deadly crackdown in 2015. Despite being the poorest country in the world, Burundi is striving to reclaim its former glory. Young entrepreneurs are driving tourism and business, while international partners are returning. FRANCE 24's regional correspondent Clément Di Roma reports.
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Burundi’s government says President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of a heart attack at age 55.
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Wednesday's volatile situation ramped after protesters hurled stones at the police who retaliated by firing tear gas as demonstrators, who are still angry over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term as president. VOA’s Vincent Makori reports.
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Burundi's outgoing Prime Minister welcomes his successor, Gervais Ndirakobuca
Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye replaced his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level political purge Wednesday after warning of a "coup" plot against him.
Security minister Gervais Ndirakobuca was sworn in before parliament as the new premier, capping a day of high drama in the troubled central #African nation.
He succeeds Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, who was sacked along with Ndayishimiye's civilian chief of staff General Gabriel Nizigama in the first major reshuffle at the top since the president took office a little over two years ago.
Lawmakers had approved the appointment of Ndirakobuca -- a former chief of Burundi's feared intelligence agency -- in a unanimous 113-0 vote at a hastily called parliamentary session earlier Wednesday.
Ndayishimiye, a 54-year-old former army general, gave no reasons for Bunyoni's dismissal, but last week he had warned of a coup plot against his regime.
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Burundi’s current political upheaval began in April 2015, after current president Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term defying the country’s constitution which limits the president to a maximum two terms. Esther Githui Ewart reports.
Many families in the Burundian capital have moved across town to avoid being caught in clashes between armed youths and security forces as the political violence there enters its eighth month. But as VOA’s Mohammed Yusuf reports from Bujumbura, those who have fled say life is no easier.
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