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| Nkurunziza death: Burundi court rules to end power vacuum | Nkurunziza death: Burundi court rules to end power vacuum |
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| Burundi's top court has made a ruling aimed at ending the power vacuum created by the sudden death of President Pierre Nkurunziza on Monday. | |
| The Constitutional Court said has that President-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye should be sworn in as soon as possible. | |
| Legally, the speaker of parliament, Pascal Nyabenda, should have become the interim leader. | |
| But the cabinet decided to refer to the court and now Mr Ndayishimiye is due to become president two months early. | But the cabinet decided to refer to the court and now Mr Ndayishimiye is due to become president two months early. |
| He was elected in May to replace President Nkurunziza, who had been in power for 15 years. | He was elected in May to replace President Nkurunziza, who had been in power for 15 years. |
| After a change in the constitution, Mr Nkurunziza had been able to run for a further term in last month's election but decided to retire and was to be known as the "supreme guide to patriotism". | After a change in the constitution, Mr Nkurunziza had been able to run for a further term in last month's election but decided to retire and was to be known as the "supreme guide to patriotism". |
| The government said that he died on Monday of a cardiac arrest after being taken ill on Saturday evening. | The government said that he died on Monday of a cardiac arrest after being taken ill on Saturday evening. |