2020 in Burundi
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 13 - China promises to strengthen ties to Burundi.
- 31 January: Four journalists are sentenced to 30-month jail sentences in Burundi.
February
- February 5 - Unity Day, Burundi
- 15 February – Six mass graves with 6,000 bodies are found in Karuzi Province, Burundi.
April
- April 1 - 1st case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi
- April 2 - 2nd case
- April 6 - Cyprien Ntaryamira Day, Burundi
May
- May 14 – Four members of the World Health Organization are expelled from Burundi.
- May 20 - 2020 Burundian general election
June
- June 8 - Pierre Nkurunziza, the president of Burundi, dies of a stroke.
July to December
- December 29 – Former president Pierre Buyoya is buried in Bamako, Mali.
Deaths
- May 8 – Therence Sinunguruza, 60, Burundian politician, MP, Permanent Representative to the UN and Vice-President
- June 8 – Pierre Nkurunziza, 55, Burundian politician and the ninth president of Burundi ; Coronavirus disease 2019.
- December 17 – Pierre Buyoya, 71, politician, President of Burundi ; COVID-19.