Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies suddenly after reports he was being treated for COVID-19
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza claps after signing the new constitution at the Presidential Palace in Gitega Province, Burundi, on June 7, 2018. EVRARD NGENDAKUMANA/Reuters Burundi’s long-ruling president, Pierre Nkurunziza, has died suddenly of what his government said was cardiac arrest, just days after local media reported that he and his wife were being treated for…