VIDEO: Burundi president returns to capital

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza returns to the capital Bujumbura following a failed coup attempt, and is expected to address the nation.

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.”

Nkurunziza was in neighbouring Tanzania for regional talks Wednesday when the coup was...

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza is said to have returned to the country, following an attempted coup.

Burundi's president sacks three cabinet ministers, as protests resumed in the capital after last week's failed coup.

The Burundi president's spokesman, Gervais Abayeho, says the country's constitutional court has confirmed the president can run for a third term and that is what he will do.

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza blamed protests against his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections on "outside forces".

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