Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya is dead. He inhaled his last on December seventeenth at the age of 71.
Details of the reason for his passing are sparse but its believed Buyoya may have died of Covid-19.
Redpaperdaily will continue following the story and will bring you finer details of the entire story.Before his passing, Buyoya has resigned as High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel.
He had been combating legal disputes in Burundi until he was sentenced in absentia to life detainment for the murder of his predecessor Melchior Ndadaye in 1993.
Buyoya dismissed cases of killing his predecessor Ndadaye.