Pierre Nkurunziza

A week earlier President Pierre Nkurunziza had defied their calls and stood for an unconstitutional third term as violence escalated in the country...

Meanwhile dissident army generals some believed to have taken refuge in Rwanda promise to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza by force...

Local and parliamentary elections are still set to take place on 29 June but the presidential poll will only be held on 15 July after President Pierre Nkurunziza conceded a delay at the request of the African Union...

In an interview with China Central Television Kagame said presidential terms were just 'one problem among many' in Burundi and President Pierre Nkurunziza's inability to deliver for his people was more important: 'If your own citizens are telling you we don't want you to do this or to lead us it is because they are saying you are not delivering much to us...

Having trounced the attempted coup President Pierre Nkurunziza is purging the ranks of his own party and is determined to intimidate the opposition into silence many believe (AC Vol 56 No 10 The military moves against Nkurunziza's third term bid)...

The announcement by ex-Chief of the Army Staff Major General Godefroid Niyombare on 13 May that he and a group of senior officers had overthrown President Pierre Nkurunziza was met with jubilation by crowds in the streets of Bujumbura...

The congress of the ruling party the Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie-Forces de la défense de la démocratie (CNDD-FDD) decided to back President Pierre Nkurunziza as candidate in the presidential election due on 26 June...

They also note that although the circumstances of the bodies in the lake bear some similarities to early RPF killings opponents of President Pierre Nkurunziza have also washed up in Burundian lakes and rivers as recently as 2010...

President Pierre Nkurunziza has yet to declare whether he will stand for another term in the 26 June presidential election...

Beyond Burkina Faso's borders the drama is being watched intently in countries whose Presidents are planning to extend their rule namely: Congo-Kinshasa's Joseph Kabila Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso Togo's Faure Gnassingbé Benin's Yayi Boni Djibouti's Omar Guelleh Uganda's Yoweri Museveni Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza and Rwanda's Paul Kagame...