2020 in Burundi

Incumbents

• President: Pierre Nkurunziza, Evariste Ndayishimiye

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.