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| Momodou |
Posted - 14 May 2015 : 11:54:18
Burundi President Nkurunziza faces attempted coup
BBC: Published on 13 May 2015
 A coup attempt has been launched in Burundi to try to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza, amid unrest over his bid to be re-elected to a third term.
Thousands of people in the capital, Bujumbura, celebrated the announcement by Major General Godefroid Niyombare.
But the coup outcome is far from clear.
The presidency said it had been foiled. Mr Nkurunziza left a summit he was attending in Tanzania to try to return home but some unconfirmed reports say his plane has now returned to Tanzania.
Gen Niyombare said in a radio address he had ordered "the closure of the airport and border, and I ask every citizen and law enforcement down to the airport to protect it".
Mr Nkurunziza had been in Dar es Salaam to discuss the crisis with regional leaders. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said the summit condemned the coup.
Coup attempt: Wednesday's events as they happened
A statement from the Burundi presidency said: "It is with regret that we have learned that a group from the armed forces mutinied this morning and declared an imaginary coup........
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Burundi coup bid: Rival groups vie for control of capital
BBC Online: 14th May 2015
Rival groups of soldiers in Burundi are vying for control of the capital Bujumbura amid confusion over the success of an attempted coup.
Fighting has been reported around the state TV and the Bujumbura airport.
President Pierre Nkurunziza, who is reported to be in Tanzania, has appealed for calm saying the coup has been foiled. But the coup leaders insist they remain in charge.
The unrest began when Mr Nkurunziza announced he was seeking a third term.
Opponents say the bid contravenes the constitution. Mr Nkurunziza came to power in 2005........
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| Momodou |
Posted - 25 May 2015 : 08:49:16
Burundi opposition figure Zedi Feruzi shot dead
BBC: 23 May 2015
The leader of a small Burundian opposition party has been shot dead in the capital Bujumbura, witnesses said, as tensions continue in the country.
The body of Zedi Feruzi, the head of the Union for Peace and Development, was seen lying outside his home.
Burundi has seen weeks of protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term.
Demonstrators are holding a two-day truce, to allow residents to stock up on supplies and bury the dead.
On Friday, at least two people were killed in a grenade attack in Bujumbura.
The unrest has also seen more than 100,000 people flee to neighbouring countries and a failed coup attempt against Mr Nkurunziza.
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| Momodou |
Posted - 15 May 2015 : 09:49:38
Burundi arrests three in connection with coup attempt
Presidential spokesman says those arrested include police general and two army generals.
15 May 2015
Loyalist troops in Burundi have arrested at least three leaders of a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, a presidential spokesman said.
Gervais Abayeho said those arrested on Friday were two army generals, including former Defence Minister Cyrille Ndayirukiye, and a police general.
Major-General Godefroid Niyombare, who led the coup attempt, was "still on the run, his whereabouts are not known to us", Abehayo told the Reuters news agency.
Meanwhile, President Nkurunziza has returned to the capital Bujumbura following a failed coup attempt and will address the nation on Friday, officials in the president's office said.
"He is in Bujumbura in a very secure place," an aide to the president told AFP. "He will address the nation today."
The coup leader's spokesman, Venon Ndabaneze, confirmed to the AFP news agency by phone that organisers of the coup had decided to surrender when loyalist troops arrested him, deputy coup leader Cyrille Ndayirukiye and another senior figure among the mutineers.
"We decided to give ourselves up. We have laid down our arms. We have called the security ministry to tell them we no longer have any arms," Ndabaneze said, seconds before he could be heard being arrested.
AFP remained on the line as the leaders were detained....................
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| Momodou |
Posted - 15 May 2015 : 09:43:47
Burundi coup bid: Some coup leaders arrested
BBC: Published on 15 May 2015
 Three renegade generals who launched a failed coup against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza have been arrested.
However coup leader Gen Godefroid Niyombare is "still on the run", a presidential spokesman said.
Earlier, Gen Niyombare told the AFP news agency that he and his followers were going to surrender, adding: "I hope they won't kill us".
President Nkurunziza says he is now back in Burundi and expected to make a national address.
The coup attempt against his bid to seek a third term was launched while he was in Tanzania.
Five soldiers were killed in clashes in the capital, Bujumbura, on Thursday.
'Held accountable'
Renegade general and former defence minister Gen Cyrille Ndayirukiye was one of the three coup leaders arrested on Friday, presidential spokesman Gervais Abayeho told the BBC World Service. ............
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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 14 May 2015 : 16:28:14
This from the BBC.
SNIPPET:
"One senior military source told BBC Afrique that loyalist troops had seized back full control of the presidential palace, the national radio and television station, the airport and the centre of Bujumbura.
BBC correspondents there say the streets seem to be mainly in the control of loyalist police, and the airport has reportedly reopened, which would appear to confirm reports it too is in loyalist hands.
But heavy fighting continues around the state radio and television broadcaster RNTB, with troops backing the coup seen trying to gain entry to the building.
Control over the national broadcaster is key because it is the only outlet still broadcasting outside the capital, the BBC's Maud Jullien reports."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32732793
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