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1st group of Burundian refugees returning home from Rwanda

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2020, file photo, Burundi Army Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye, left, is accompanied by president Pierre Nkurunziza, right, after Ndayishimiye was chosen as the party's presidential candidate at a national conference for the ruling CNDD-FDD party in the rural province of Gitega, Burundi. Burundi's government said Tuesday, June 9, 2020 that President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of a heart attack. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza, File)

Burundi court says to swear in president-elect immediately

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, May 17, 2018 file photo, Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza speaks to the media after casting his vote in the constitutional referendum in Buye, northern Burundi. Burundi's government said Tuesday, June 9, 2020, that President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of a heart attack. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza, File)

Burundi says president Nkurunziza has died of heart attack

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

Ruling party’s candidate wins Burundi’s presidential poll

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

Report alleges killings in Burundi as elections draw near

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, May 17, 2018 file photo, Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza speaks to the media after casting his vote in the constitutional referendum in Buye, northern Burundi. Burundi’s president has again indicated he will not run for another term next year in the politically volatile East African nation. Pierre Nkurunziza on Thursday Dec. 26, 2019, told reporters he planned to hold another press conference “before handing power to our successor.” (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza, File)

Burundi’s ruling party picks general as presidential hopeful

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

Burundi’s president again says he won’t run for another term

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In this photo of Saturday, July 6, 2019, young boys pose for a picture in a small village on the outskirts of the Burundi capital Bujumbura. Compounding the political unrest in Burundi is the dire economic and humanitarian situation in a country whose GDP per capita slipped 3% in 2018, according to the U.N. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

In Burundi, fears that next year’s vote will be bloody again

By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 file photo, Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza is sworn in for a third term at a ceremony in the parliament in Bujumbura, Burundi. Hundreds of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have fled the small East African nation in the two years since President Pierre Nkurunziza set off protests by declaring he would seek another term. (AP Photo/Gildas Ngingo, File)

Burundi’s exiles call world’s attention to deadly crisis

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA and RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Men carry away a dead body in the Nyakabiga neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Burundi's political violence continued Saturday as a number of people were found shot dead in the Nyakabiga neighborhood of the capital, a day after the government said an unidentified group carried out coordinated attacks on three military installations. (AP Photo)

Burundi army: 87 people killed in Friday violence

By Eloge Willy Kaneza - Associated Press

Police and a member of the Intelligence Services in civilian clothes detain a protester in the Nyakabyga neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi. Police fired live rounds and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting the president's seeking a third term. (associated press)

Burundi failed coup poses stark test for democracy

By Tonny Onyulo — Special to the Washington Times

Demonstrators climb aboard a military truck as they celebrate what they perceive to be an attempted military coup d'etat, with army soldiers riding in an armored vehicle in the capital Bujumbura, Burundi Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Police vanished from the streets of Burundi's capital Wednesday as thousands of people celebrated a rumored coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza)

Burundi coup plotters arrested; leader hunted

By Gerard Nzohabona - Associated Press

Demonstrators, some holding palm leaves as a peace sign, celebrate what they perceive to be an attempted military coup d'etat, as they surround a police truck in the capital Bujumbura, Burundi Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Police vanished from the streets of Burundi's capital Wednesday as thousands of people celebrated a rumored coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza)

Gunfire, explosions in Burundi capital amid coup attempt

By Andrew Njuguna and Melanie Gouby - Associated Press

Burundi explosions lead to low election turnout

By Max Delany - Associated Press