By AFP More by this AuthorBurundi's newly-elected president Evariste Ndayishimiye will be sworn in on Thursday, the foreign ministry announced, in a ceremony fast-tracked by the sudden death of the incumbent, Pierre Nkurunziza. AdvertisementNormally, following the death of a president, the speaker of Burundi's parliament would step in as head of state. A medical document seen by AFP said she had tested positive for the virus and suffered "respiratory distress". A medical source at the Karusi hospital where Nkurunziza died, told AFP he had also been in "respiratory distress" before his death. Both were flown to the hospital in Karusi, but it was "too late, president Nkurunziza was already dead," a medical source in Karusi said.
Source: Daily Nation June 15, 2020 18:21 UTC