Former Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has died.
Nkurunziza, 55, died of heart failure, the government said on Tuesday in a post from its official Twitter account.
“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… following heart failure on June 8, 2020,” the post said.
The outgoing president died at Karusi hospital on June 8, the statement added.
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