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The new Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has briefly outlined his plan for internal and foreign policies in line with his agenda to continue with its predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza’ s strategy, a demi-decade after the tiny East African nation has been embroiled in a spiralling political crisis.
Burundi’s newly elected president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, was sworn in on Thursday morning in the city of Bujumbura.
Burundians are in a state of shock as they mourn veteran leader Pierre Nkurunziza who died unexpectedly on Tuesday at the age of 55.
Burundi’s outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza has died at 55 after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government says in its official Twitter account.
The African Union (AU), in an official statement issued Monday, took note of the final results of the presidential election in Burundi published on June 4.
Rwandan Foreign Affairs ministry has congratulated Burundian president-elect Major General Evariste Ndayishimiye on his victory in the presidential election, according to a diplomatic note obtained Monday in Kigali.
Voting is well underway in Burundi’s general elections n Wednesday without the participation of incumbent president Pierre Nkurunziza.
Candidates in the May 20 general elections in Burundi are continuing the electoral campaign launched on April 27 despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
The East African Community under the Mobile Laboratory Project on Wednesday deployed nine mobile laboratories and Coronavirus test kits to all EAC Partner States in a bid to detect and respond to highly infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and Ebola.
A group of think-tankers from Europe and Africa are drawing global attention to the impact of Coronavirus in Africa which should change global politics.