2020 in Burundi
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- President: Pierre Nkurunziza (until June 8), Evariste Ndayishimiye (since June 8)
Events
January
- January 13 - China promises to strengthen ties to Burundi.[1]
- 31 January: Four journalists are sentenced to 30-month jail sentences in Burundi.[2]
February
- February 5 - Unity Day, Burundi
- 15 February – Six mass graves with 6,000 bodies are found in Karuzi Province, Burundi.[3]
April
- April 1 - 1st case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi[4][5]
- April 2 - 2nd case[6][7]
- April 6 - Cyprien Ntaryamira Day, Burundi
May
- May 14 – Four members of the World Health Organization are expelled from Burundi.[8][9]
- May 20 - 2020 Burundian general election[10]
June
- June 8 - Pierre Nkurunziza, the president of Burundi, dies of a stroke.[11]
July to December
- December 29 – Former president Pierre Buyoya is buried in Bamako, Mali.[12]
