Nkurunziza in a sentence

While in Bujumbura, Ms Hassan visited Nkurunziza's widow, Ms Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza and consoled her.

But whoever wins will be required by law to consult Mr Nkurunziza on matters of national security and national unity.

Ndayishimiye, a retired general who Nkurunziza picked as his successor, won the May 2020 presidential election, and his term of office was originally set to begin on August 20th.

Nkurunziza, a devout evangelical who believed he was chosen by God to lead Burundi, leaves a “dark and sad legacy”, Carina Tertsakian of the Burundi Human Rights Initiative told AFP.

The elections are set to find a replacement for incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza.

The government has yet to announce a date for Nkurunziza’s funeral.

The killings made it impossible for Nkurunziza's family - and many others - to mourn for his father and organise a dignified burial.

The situation took a turn for the worse with the ruling of a Constitutional Court endorsing Nkurunziza’s third term agenda as legal.

Years ago he dropped out of university to become a rebel fighting alongside Nkurunziza in Burundi’s civil war.

A judge Tuesday said Emmanuel Nkurunziza may return to school and get a job.

Even though it's more than three months since her husband, Camir Nkurunziza, was killed one day before his 41st birthday on the last day of May, the wheels of the South African justice system have been grinding all too slow.

On Tuesday, Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy allowed Nkurunziza to attend Biddeford High School, where he is expected to work toward a diploma.

He died last weekend," said Nininahazwe, an activist who previously campaigned against Nkurunziza's third term.

Like Nkurunziza, most African leaders do not like to play by the rules.

Nkurunziza, 54, has ruled the tiny central African nation since 2005.

The protest was called by the mayor of Bujumbura, the capital, after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used a report to criticise proposals that could allow Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza to hold on to power for another decade or more.

African Union commission head Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said she welcomed a decision by Burundi's Senate to ask the Constitutional Court to rule whether Nkurunziza could stand for re-election.

He also urged those hoping to oust Nkurunziza through violence to instead focus on dialogue.

In April, 2015, Nkurunziza announced that he would seek a third term in office.

In April 2015 the 2015 Burundian unrest broke out after the ruling party announced President Pierre Nkurunziza would seek a third term in office.