{A Burundi army general says senior officers are “dismissing” President Pierre Nkurunziza, amid unrest over his bid to be re-elected to a third term.
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Maj Gen Godefroid Niyombareh announced that a national salvation committee had been set up to run the country.<\/p>\n
However, it is not clear how much support he and the other officers have.<\/p>\n
President Nkurunziza is currently in Tanzania meeting other East African leaders to discuss the crisis. His aide dismissed the coup claims as “a joke”.<\/p>\n
President Nkurunziza has rejected calls to postpone next month’s election.<\/p>\n
Latest Burundi and Africa updates<\/p>\n
Gen Niyombareh, in a statement read to reporters in a military base, said he did not recognise the leadership because the president’s bid for a third term violated the constitution.<\/p>\n
Soldiers have surrounded the offices of the national broadcaster in the capital, Bujumbura.<\/p>\n
Gen Niyombareh’s “national salvation committee” comprises at least five other army and police generals.<\/p>\n
One eyewitness told Reuters that crowds who had earlier been out on the streets of the capital protesting against the president were now cheering and celebrating his apparent dismissal.<\/p>\n
The unrest began on 26 April and has led to the deaths of more than 20 people.<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of Burundians have fled to neighbouring states in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
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