The president of the Republic of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza has died of a heart attack at the age of 55.
The Burundi government released this in a statement released on its twitter page on Tuesday 9th June 2020.
The President died at the Karusi Fiftieth Anniversary Hospital in Burundi.
The statement read, “URGENT: The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi, at the Karusi Fiftieth Anniversary Hospital following a cardiac arrest on June 8, 2020.”