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Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza wins third term

Published: 24 Jul 2015 - 06:04 pm | Last Updated: 12 Jan 2022 - 12:57 pm

 

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza, Photo AFP

BUJUMBURA: Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has won a controversial third consecutive term in office, the election commission announced Friday
Nkurunziza won 69.4 percent of the vote, handing him a first round victory, officials said. Nkurunziza's candidacy was denounced as unconstitutional by the opposition and provoked months of protests and an attempted coup in the central African nation.

AFP