NAIROBI (Reuters) - Burundi's top court has sentenced a former president to life in prison for the 1993 murder of another president who had defeated him in elections, an attack that triggered a ...

NAIROBI, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Pierre Buyoya, the former president of Burundi who twice seized power in military coups and oversaw a prolonged ethnic civil war that killed 300,000 of his countrymen, has ...

Pierre Buyoya, a former leader of Burundi who two months ago was sentenced in absentia to life in prison over the 1993 assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye and the massacres that followed, has ...

NAIROBI, April 18 -- A band of junior military officers seized control of state radio in the small central African nation of Burundi late today and declared they had taken control of the country. But ...

Burundi's former president Pierre Buyoya died in Paris of Covid in 2020 - Copyright AFP/File Pedro UGARTE Burundi's former president Pierre Buyoya died in Paris of ...

Burundi’s top court sentenced former president Pierre Buyoya to life in prison on Tuesday for the 1993 murder of Melchior Ndadaye, the man who had defeated Buyoya in the presidential elections to ...

THE funeral of the late Burundi president, Pierre Buyoya, will be held in Mali at a date to be announced later, family sources said on Sunday. Buyoya, 71, president of Burundi from 1987 to 1993 and ...

Burundi’s ex-President Pierre Buyoya (pictured) died on Thursday, a family member and an official said on Friday. “The death of former president Pierre Buyoya is confirmed. There is no more doubt,” ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Pierre Buyoya, the former president of Burundi who twice seized power in military coups and oversaw a prolonged ethnic civil war that killed 300,000 of his countrymen, has died at ...

FILE PHOTO: Burundi President Pierre Buyoya listens to reporters' questions during a news conference in Brussels NAIROBI (Reuters) - Pierre Buyoya, the former president of Burundi who twice seized ...

NAIROBI, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Burundi's ex-President Pierre Buyoya died on Thursday, a family member and an official said on Friday. "The death of former president Pierre Buyoya is confirmed. There is ...