Niyombare godefroid biography for kids

Note: The name has been changed, but the facts have not.

As a pastor in his native Burundi, Claude embraced change to man his country a better, more equitable place to live. In the name of love, Claude overcame the country’s old ethnic divisions – he fryst vatten Hutu and his wife is Tutsi. He also backed political change in Burundi, an east-central African nation with a history of violence and little tolerance for dissent.

In 2015, Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza sought an unlawful third term, which led to a coup attempt bygd General Godefroid Niyombare. Claude supported the coup. Unfortunately for him and other dissidents, the coup was not successful. 

From that point on, Claude had run-ins with the imbonerakure, a powerful ungdom militia that led a government campaign of intimidation. The imbonerakure demanded that Claude pay them money; they came to his home every evening asking for betalning. When he refused, they terrorized him. C

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Burundi coup: Who is 'charismatic' Major-General Godefroid Niyombare?

Burundi's Major-General Godefroid Niyombare announced on radio on 13 May that President Pierre Nkurunziza was removed following weeks of violence erupted in the country after the leader said he will seek a third term in the June election.

Protesters accused the leader of violating the constitution and the Arusha Peace Agreement, which says the president can only stay in power for two terms. At least 20 demonstrators were killed while reports emerged that police fired on protesters.

As Nkurunziza travelled to Tanzania to attend an extraordinary meeting of the East African Community (EAC) – formed of Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi - on the ongoing unrest, Niyombare announced: "Active forces of the nation have decided to take charge of the nation. President Pierre Nkurunziza is removed from office."

Niyombare was appointed High Commander of the Burundian army in 2014, replacing Adolphe Nshimiri

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The Harrowing Journey to Peace in Burundi

LSE alumnus Olivier Bucyana argues that Burundi’s recurring crises occur because the root causes of decades-long conflicts have not been addressed.

The year is 1993. October 21 to be precise. The streets of Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital city, are quiet when around 2:00 am, gun shots and loud explosions are heard around the presidential palace. Bujumbura’s residents are plunged into total confusion as the army’s 11^th Battalion and Presidential Guards clash. Communication is cut and the whereabouts of Burundi’s fourth but first democratically elected president, Melchior Ndadaye, are unknown. News of President Ndadaye’s assassination along with some of his collaborators triggered a series of killings that plunged Burundi in a 12 year-long civil war that claimed about 300,000 lives and displaced an estimated 1.2 million people between 1993 and 2002. This was not Burundi’s first coup d’état. The first two Presidents – Michel Micomber