Authorities have arrested Alain Guillaume Bunyoni seven months after his sacking in a high-level political purge, top security source says. Burundi’s former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni has been arrested, the country’s justice ministry has said. “Alain Guillaume Bunyoni is currently in the hands of the police,” said a statement on Sunday signed by General Prosecutor Sylvestre Nyandwi and shared …
President Ndayishimiye, a former army general, gave no reasons for the replacement but had warned of a coup plot against his government last week. Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye replaced his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level reshuffle on Wednesday after warning of a “coup” plot against him. He succeeds Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, who was sacked along with Ndayishimiye’s …