Pierre Nkurnziz Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/pierre-nkurnziz/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 13 May 2015 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pierre Nkurnziz Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/pierre-nkurnziz/ 32 32 Burundi state radio silenced by putschists https://jjcornish.com/2015/05/burundi-state-radio-silenced-by-putschists/ Wed, 13 May 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/05/burundi-state-radio-silenced-by-putschists/ Burundi’s state radio says its been taken off air and is under heavy attack by army units who claim to have ousted President Pierre Nkurunziza. It happened after the president, who’s been unable to come from Tanzania, broadcast his condemnation of the attempted coup and promised to forgive soldiers involved if they returned to loyalist […]

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]]> Burundi’s state radio says its been taken off air and is under heavy attack by army units who claim to have ousted President Pierre Nkurunziza.
It happened after the president, who’s been unable to come from Tanzania, broadcast his condemnation of the attempted coup and promised to forgive soldiers involved if they returned to loyalist ranks.
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The battle for Bujumbura has moved from the boulevards to the airwaves.
A private station from which Maj. Gen. Godefroid Niyombere broadcast his rejection of Pierre Nkurunziza’s authority has been burned down by troops loyal to the president.
Now the state broadcaster, which has been under the control of Nkrunziza’s men, has been silenced by the putschists.
Their successful onslaught on the radio station underlines their claim to control the centre of the capital.

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