BURUNDI-POLITICS/ELECTION RESULTS Nkurunziza wins third term as Burundi president - electoral commission

Record ID: 146363

  • Title: BURUNDI-POLITICS/ELECTION RESULTS Nkurunziza wins third term as Burundi president - electoral commission
  • Date: 24th July 2015
  • Summary: BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI (JULY 24, 2015) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** JOURNALISTS AT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION VARIOUS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND DIPLOMATS SEATED AT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION MAN RECORDING THE HEAD OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION SPEAKING ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, PIERRE CLAVER NDAYICARIYE, SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (French) ELECTORAL COMMI
  • Embargoed: 8th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Burundi
  • Country: Burundi
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAAPBB1CQP0F4D9O0G5MKO1N78U
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has won a third five-year term as the leader of the small east African nation, the country's electoral commission said on Friday (July 24), after a vote marred by violence and a boycott by the opposition.
    Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, head of the electoral commission, told reporters Nkurunziza had won 69.41 percent of the votes cast. Nkrunziza's nearest rival, Agathon Rwasa, took 18.99 percent.
    "And so we are here at the Royal Palace Hotel for this information, long awaited by the country, by the candidates and the international community,"
    Ndayicariye said.
    The vote took place on Tuesday (July 21), despite calls by African leaders and Western powers for it to be delayed due to rising insecurity and a boycott by opposition candidates whose names remained on the ballot paper.
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