Burundi President Nkurunziza dies of cardiac arrest
BBC & Al Jazeera Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, who was due to step down from the presidency this coming August has died, aged 55, after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government says. He was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell and his condition improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, the government says. In 2015, the announcement that he would run for a third term plunged the country…
