Burundi general in coup attempt

BUJUMBURA

Burundian leader Pierre Nkurunziza has returned to the country, his office said Thursday, as a deputy coup leader said the attempt to overthrow the president had failed after fierce battles between rival army factions.

“President Pierre Nkurunziza is now in Burundi,” his senior communications advisor Willy Nyamitwe told AFP. “That’s all we can say for the now because of security reasons.”

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Burkina Faso’s interim government adopted a decree last week dissolving the Presidential Security Regiment, which mounted a short-lived coup two weeks ago. But despite promises to disarm and subsequent interventions by the army, some RSP members still refuse to give up their weapons, leaving many to wonder if the elite force will continue to pose a threat to the transition to democracy.

Burundi’s Major General Godefroid Niyombare, who announced the overthrow of the president yesterday, is a former spy chief, diplomat and respected army officer.

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One of the leaders of the attempted coup in Burundi says that the plot has failed, as the president says he is back in the country