Search
  1. Home
  2. East Africa
  3. Burundi
  • News

Rebel leader ventures Buyoya may have staged coup

    NAIROBI

    CNDD-FDD leader Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye, speaking before the coup ended, said Buyoya may have attempted to stage the coup himself. “Although we have to watch these things closely, nobody knows that he is not behind the coup,” he told the BBC Kirundi service on Wednesday night. He said the talks in Libreville had already “reached deadlock”. “Now we have to see if he is behind it,” Ndayikengurukiye added. “If he is not behind it, the new leaders may do better than their previous leaders.” He warned that his movement “will continue the struggle until peace and democracy are restored in Burundi”.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join