The Africa Report: Évariste Ndayishimiye
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Évariste Ndayishimiye
Évariste Ndayishimiye is a Burundian general and politician who has served as the tenth President of Burundi since 18 June 2020 and as the chairperson of the African Union since February 2026. He became involved in the rebel National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy during the Burundian Civil War and rose up the ranks of its militia. At the end of the conf…
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politics · President of Burundi since 2020 · politician · president · minister · major general · also Évariste Ndayishimiye, Ndayishimiye
Born 17 June 1968 · Q27329764
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There is nothing compassionate about allowing this situation to continue, which is why Rwanda is proud to work in partnership with the UK government to provide a solution.
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2025· 1 entry
2023· 1 entry
“We don’t want to lose people to these desperate journeys across the Sahara and across the Mediterranean Sea. We’re losing brain power in Africa. We want young Africans to remain here and to build the continent,”
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2022· 4 entries
The Conversation: Burundi after exit of Nkurunziza’s men ‑ what Evariste Ndayishimiye should do next
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“There is nothing compassionate about allowing this situation to continue, which is why Rwanda is proud to work in partnership with the UK government to provide a solution.”
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“There are not many solutions. People are suffering, the asylum system is broken. It’s being taken advantage of by criminal gangs that are exploiting people, making false promises. People are risking their lives in these dangerous crossings,”
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“Something has to give and we are happy to be working on this solution with our UK partners,”
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2020· 3 entries
The Africa Report: Burundi’s President Ndayishimiye: new cabinet, new COVID strategy
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Voice of America: Evariste Ndayishimiye Sworn In as Burundi's New President
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Career landmark: President of Burundi (2020).
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2018· 1 entry
That he would not stand for a fourth term as president in 2020
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2016· 1 entry
Career landmark: general secretary (2016).
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2009· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (2009–2017).
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2005· 1 entry
The CNDD–FDD came to power under the leadership of Pierre Nkurunziza whose background was similar and who had also fled UB in 1995
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2003· 1 entry
Paved the way for the CNDD–FDD to enter national politics as a political party
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1995· 1 entry
When Hutu students were massacred as part of the inter-ethnic violence which accompanied the Burundian Civil War (1993–2005)
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1968· 1 entry
Born 1968-06-17.
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