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In May 2020 Nkurunziza expelled the [[WHO]] team in Burundi, without giving reasons.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-burundi-idUSKBN22Q0XS</ref> He had refused to impose restrictions, allowing sporting events and mass political rallies to go ahead.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/burundi-president-dies-illness-suspected-coronavirus-pierre-nkurunziz</ref>
 
In May 2020 Nkurunziza expelled the [[WHO]] team in Burundi, without giving reasons.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-burundi-idUSKBN22Q0XS</ref> He had refused to impose restrictions, allowing sporting events and mass political rallies to go ahead.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/burundi-president-dies-illness-suspected-coronavirus-pierre-nkurunziz</ref>
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Pierre Nkurunziza was a friend of the [[President of Tanzania]],{{cn}} [[John Magufuli]] (who died in March 2021) and who was similarly sceptical about the [[WHO]]'s [[Covid-19]] recommendations and refused to institute a [[COVID-19 lockdown]].
  
 
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Nkurunziza was suddenly taken seriously ill after attending a volleyball match<ref name=msn>https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/burundi-leader-nkurunziza-died-of-covid-19-%E2%80%94-diplomats/ar-BB15lvsx</ref> on the night of Saturday 6 June.<ref>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-burundi-president-pierre-nkurunziza-dies-suddenly-after-reports-of/</ref> Local media reported that "Nkurunziza is in the hospital in Karusi suffering from [[COVID-19]]".<ref>https://taarifa.rw/outgoing-president-pierre-nkurunziza-hospitalised-over-covid-19/</ref>  
 
Nkurunziza was suddenly taken seriously ill after attending a volleyball match<ref name=msn>https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/burundi-leader-nkurunziza-died-of-covid-19-%E2%80%94-diplomats/ar-BB15lvsx</ref> on the night of Saturday 6 June.<ref>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-burundi-president-pierre-nkurunziza-dies-suddenly-after-reports-of/</ref> Local media reported that "Nkurunziza is in the hospital in Karusi suffering from [[COVID-19]]".<ref>https://taarifa.rw/outgoing-president-pierre-nkurunziza-hospitalised-over-covid-19/</ref>  
  
"He deteriorated very quickly",<ref name=nyp>https://nypost.com/2020/06/10/burundis-pierre-nkurunziza-may-have-died-from-covid-19/</ref> and he died on 8 June. The next day<ref name=nyp/> he was officially reported to have died of a "[[heart attack]]"<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52984119</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x1yCt-gQYU</ref> although MSN noted that he "died of Covid-19, diplomatic sources in [[Bujumbura]] and [[Nairobi]] confirmed."<ref name=msn/>
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"He deteriorated very quickly",<ref name=nyp>https://nypost.com/2020/06/10/burundis-pierre-nkurunziza-may-have-died-from-covid-19/</ref> and he died on 8 June. The next day<ref name=nyp/> he was officially reported to have died of a "[[heart attack]]"<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52984119</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x1yCt-gQYU</ref> although MSN noted that he "died of [[Covid-19]], diplomatic sources in [[Bujumbura]] and [[Nairobi]] confirmed."<ref name=msn/>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:08, 18 March 2021

Person.png Pierre Nkurunziza  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, COVID-19/Premature death)
Pierre Nkurunziza.jpg
Born18 December 1964
Died8 June 2020 (Age 55)
Cause of death
"heart attack"
NationalityBurundian
Victim ofpremature death
The longest-ruling President of Burundi. Died suddenly in 2020 after expelling the WHO team and refusing to impose restrictions as a response to COVID-19.

Employment.png President of Burundi

In office
26 August 2005 - 8 June 2020
Outgoing President of Burundi who suddenly died after expelling the WHO COVID team from the country, reportedly of a "heart attack".

Pierre Nkurunziza was the longest-ruling President of Burundi. He died suddenly in 2020. In his obituary, Vava Tampa wrote for The Guardian that his "15-year-rule, particularly towards the end, was marked by brutal repression."[1]

Activities

In May 2020 Nkurunziza expelled the WHO team in Burundi, without giving reasons.[2] He had refused to impose restrictions, allowing sporting events and mass political rallies to go ahead.[3]

Connections

Pierre Nkurunziza was a friend of the President of Tanzania,[citation needed] John Magufuli (who died in March 2021) and who was similarly sceptical about the WHO's Covid-19 recommendations and refused to institute a COVID-19 lockdown.

Sudden illness and death

Pierre Nkurunziza commment.png

Nkurunziza was suddenly taken seriously ill after attending a volleyball match[4] on the night of Saturday 6 June.[5] Local media reported that "Nkurunziza is in the hospital in Karusi suffering from COVID-19".[6]

"He deteriorated very quickly",[7] and he died on 8 June. The next day[7] he was officially reported to have died of a "heart attack"[8][9] although MSN noted that he "died of Covid-19, diplomatic sources in Bujumbura and Nairobi confirmed."[4]


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