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Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya is dead. He breathed his last on December 17th at the age of 71.
Details of the cause of his death are scanty but with high suspicion that Buyoya may have succumbed to Covid-19. Another version says the former president died after emergency evacuation from Mali to Paris. He succumbed to illness upon arrival.
Taarifa will keep tracking details of this developing story on the demise of the former Burundi leader, a military man at a rank of Major.
Before his death, Buyoya served as High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel.