Burundi's president appeals for calm - presidency website


  • World
  • Thursday, 14 May 2015

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's president appealed to the nation to stay calm in a brief state statement on the presidential website and his Twitter feed on Thursday, after one general said he had been deposed while another said the coup had failed.

"President Pierre Nkurunziza calls on the Burundian people to remain calm," the statement said, after the Army Chief of Staff General Prime Niyongabo said loyalist forces still controlled all strategic points in Burundi.

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