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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) The armed men kicked down the door during the night. Within minutes, men wearing police uniforms seized the opposition figure and left. It was the last time Chantal saw her husband. ....
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Burundi sentences 34 accused of coup attempt; all in exile by Eloge Willy Kaneza, The Associated Press Posted Feb 5, 2021 8:26 am PDT Last Updated Feb 5, 2021 at 8:33 am PDT NAIROBI, Kenya Burundi has sentenced 34 people to life in prison after accusing them of a coup attempt against the former president, but all are living in exile. Many of those sentenced were informed only this week of the Supreme Court’s ruling made last year and seen by The Associated Press. The accused include a former army chief, journalists and human rights activists, and a lawyer for one of them, Dieudonne Bashirahishize, dismissed the ruling as “a political decision” and accused Burundi’s judiciary of being under the sway of the ruling party. ....
Burundi ruling party selects hardliner as secretary-general by Eloge Willy Kaneza, The Associated Press Posted Jan 24, 2021 12:26 pm EDT Last Updated Jan 24, 2021 at 12:28 pm EDT NAIROBI, Kenya Burundi’s ruling party has selected as the former president of the country’s senate to be the new secretary-general. Reverien Ndikuriyo was picked Sunday by the ruling party, the National Council for the Defence of Democracy–Forces for the Defence of Democracy, known by its French acronym CNDD-FDD. Ndikuriyo was named to the position at the party’s convention in Gitega, Burundi’s capital. He replaces President Evariste Ndayishimiye who was secretary-general until now. Ndayishimiye, was named to the ruling party’s highest position, chairman of the Council of Elders. That position had been vacant since the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza in June, 2020. ....
NAIROBI, Kenya Four journalists in Burundi whose imprisonment caused an outcry have been pardoned and released, according to a presidential decree. The journalists with independent media outlet Iwacu had been serving two and a half years after being convicted on charges of attempting to undermine state security. They were arrested in October 2019 while […] ....