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Burundi's Nkurunziza leaves a mixed legacy

The late Pierre Nkurunziza. PHOTO | AFP

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died of a heart attack aged 55 according to an official statement released on Tuesday, has left behind a mixed legacy.

Viewed as a pan- Africanist by his East African Community (EAC) peers and as a ruthless dictator by his critics, Nkurunziza has been a dominant figure in Burundi’s politics in the last 26 years.

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