Prime Niyongabo Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/prime-niyongabo/ 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 Prime Niyongabo Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/prime-niyongabo/ 32 32 Burundi’s coup confusion https://jjcornish.com/2015/05/burundis-coup-confusion/ Wed, 13 May 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/05/burundis-coup-confusion/ Heavy gunfire continues to ring out on the streets of Bujumbura as dissident soldiers seek to wrest control from loyalists to ousted President Pierre Nkurunziza. He was prevented from returning home last night and has returned to Dar es Salaam where he was attending a summit on the crisis triggered by his bid to cling […]

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]]> Heavy gunfire continues to ring out on the streets of Bujumbura as dissident soldiers seek to wrest control from loyalists to ousted President Pierre Nkurunziza.
He was prevented from returning home last night and has returned to Dar es Salaam where he was attending a summit on the crisis triggered by his bid to cling to power unconstitutionally.

East African leaders have called it a coup. But media on ground in Bujumbura are still attaching the word attempted.
President Pierre Nkurunziza’s military commander General Prime Niyongabo says they still control the executive office and have thwarted the coup
But the man sacked earlier this year as intelligence head, Major General Godefroid Niyombere says they’ve taken control of government: sacked Nkurunziza and suspended parliament.
He’s saying the takeover is a response to Nkurunziza’s bid to seek an unconstitutional third term in elections next month

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]]> Pierre Nkurunziza not allowed to return home https://jjcornish.com/2015/05/pierre-nkurunziza-not-allowed-to-return-home/ Wed, 13 May 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/05/pierre-nkurunziza-not-allowed-to-return-home/ Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has tried and failed to go home after an army general announced his ouster. He’s returned to Tanzania where he was attending a summit about the crisis caused by his determination to win an unconstitutional third term at the helm. Even though the borders seems to be closed against him, President […]

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]]> Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has tried and failed to go home after an army general announced his ouster.

He’s returned to Tanzania where he was attending a summit about the crisis caused by his determination to win an unconstitutional third term at the helm.

Even though the borders seems to be closed against him, President Pierre Nkurunziza’s military commander insist they retain control of the presidency.

Maj General Godefroid Niyombere says he has sacked the president because of his unacceptable bid to cling to power with elections next month.

General Prime Niyongabo counters that the attempted coup has been stopped.

East African leaders have condemned the action and called for the earliest restoration of democracy in the tiny, overcrowded Great Lakes country that seen more than 20 people killed in two weeks of protests.

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]]> Rival bands of soldiers fighting in Bujumbura streets https://jjcornish.com/2015/05/rival-bands-of-soldiers-fighting-in-bujumbura-streets/ Wed, 13 May 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/05/rival-bands-of-soldiers-fighting-in-bujumbura-streets/ Rival bands of soldiers are fighting in the streets of Bujumbura after President Pierre Nkurunziza was prevented from returning home from a regional summit called to discuss the crisis triggered by his bid to get an unconstitutional third term in office. The East African Community has condemned what it’s calling a coup and says it won’t […]

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]]> Rival bands of soldiers are fighting in the streets of Bujumbura after President Pierre Nkurunziza was prevented from returning home from a regional summit called to discuss the crisis triggered by his bid to get an unconstitutional third term in office.
The East African Community has condemned what it’s calling a coup and says it won’t stand by if violence does not stop or escalates in Burundi.

President Pierre Nkurunziza is back in Dar es Salaam where he attended a regional summit that determined Burundi is not in any state to hold planned elections next month.
Former intelligence head Major General Godefroid Niyombere, sacked by Nkurunziza earlier this year, says he’s taken control Burundi and suspended parliament because of Nkurunziza’s unacceptable bid to cling to power.
The armed forces head General Prime Niyongabo, however insists the coup has failed and Nkurunziza continues to hold power.
In the streets outside their forces are fighting to settle this dispute.

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