Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza dies

Published: June 09, 2020 21:15:04 | Updated: June 22, 2020 17:42:55

File Photo: Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza talks to the media after casting his ballot at a voting station during the presidential, legislative and communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ngozi, Burundi May 20, 2020. Reuters

Burundi's outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza has died, the government of the central African nation announced in a statement posted on Twitter, Reuters reports.

The government statement said that Nkurunziza had died of a heart attack.