Relations soured between Burundi and Rwanda after President Évariste Ndayishimiye announced he was suspending diplomatic ties with Rwanda and closing their border...

He added that alongside the FDLR whose objective is to overthrow Rwanda's government both Congo-K's President Félix Tshisekedi and Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye 'have publicly stated their intention to support regime change in Rwanda'...

Chaired by Angola's president João Lourenço the summit brought together Congo-Kinshasa's Felix Tshisekedi Kenyatta Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye and Rwanda's foreign minister Vincent Biruta...

At the June meeting presidents Kenyatta Museveni and Kagame accompanied by Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye and Salva Kiir of South Sudan finally agreed that a joint force would enter Congo-K in late July or August and go against all armed groups that refuse to lay down their weapons...

Evariste Ndayishimiye was sworn in as Burundi's president on 18 June 10 days after the sudden death of his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza...

The appointment of hard man General Evariste Ndayishimiye a former Minister of Interior between 2006 and 2007 at the President's office is also a matter of concern for Western diplomats...

He also claimed that the Interior Minister Brigadier General Evariste Ndayishimiye and the head of the National Intelligence Agency Adolphe Nshimirimana had asked him to include among those he incriminated Vice-President Alice Nzomukunda of the ruling Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie-Forces de Défense de la Démocratie (CNDD-FDD)...

Nkurunziza initially denied he had ordered the police action but a few days later apparently at Radjabu's suggestion the Interior Minister Brigadier General Evariste Ndayishimiye said Nkurunziza had told him the police officer in charge should be rewarded...

The Defence Minister General Evariste Ndayishimiye put it at 20 000 men; an official statement said 35 000; the Interior Minister Simon Nyandwi of the FDD itself said 40 000...