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Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza is dead

Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 17:47 |
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Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died of a heart attack, the government says.

“The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi, at the Karusi Fiftieth Anniversary Hospital following a cardiac arrest on June 8, 2020,” the statement read.

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