NAIROBI, Kenya — Burundi’s attorney general has issued 17 international arrest warrants for former senior military and civilian officials suspected of involvement in the assassination of the country’s first democratically elected president. At the top of the list is former president Pierre Buyoya, now the high representative of the African Union. Attorney General Sylvestre Nyandwi said the suspects allegedly were involved in the planning and execution of the killing of Melchior Ndadaye in 1993. Buyoya, who ruled Burundi from 1987 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2005, has denied any role in the killing. The lawyer defending Ndadaye’s family, Fabien Segatwa, called the announcement “a great step towards justice.”Burundi remains in political turmoil around President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision in 2015 to seek another term.

Source: National Post December 01, 2018 12:05 UTC