{"id":9130,"date":"2015-09-09T04:02:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T04:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=9130"},"modified":"2015-09-09T04:02:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T04:02:33","slug":"burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/burundi","title":{"rendered":"Burundi Opposition Spokesman Patrice Gahungu\u00a0Was Murdered In Bujumbura"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The government blamed the opposition for causing violence and instability in the country &#8211; at least 100 people have in protests since April and tens of thousands of people fled the country this year. In May, the leader of an important opposition party, Zedi Feruzi, was killed. Now the party is suffering from another loss.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A deadly attack<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police state that Patrice Gahungu, from the Union for Peace and Development political party, was shot dead in Bujumbura. The Union for Peace and Development, or UPD, is part of the coalition of opposition parties. Gahungu was targeted by unidentified gunmen as he drove home late on Monday. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9131\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/lettre-Abbas.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/lettre-Abbas.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/lettre-Abbas-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/lettre-Abbas-85x61.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/lettre-Abbas.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>{adinserter CNP5}<\/p>\n<h2>Tensions have gotten even worse<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gahungu was an important spokesman for the opposition. Two other people were killed in the attack, but the police has not identified the victims yet. After Feruzi was killed in May, protesters demonstrated outside the party headquarters. This latest tragedy has made the political tensions even worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9132\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/85425598_burundimay.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/85425598_burundimay.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/85425598_burundimay-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/85425598_burundimay-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/15DD0\/production\/_85425598_burundimay.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/9-african-presidents-who-left-power-peacefully\">SEE ALSO:\u00a09 African Presidents Who Left Power Peacefully.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since Burundi\u2019s President Pierre Nkurunziza was sworn in for a third term, the small<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Burundi Opposition Spokesman Patrice Gahungu\u00a0Was Murdered In Bujumbura<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The opposition is suffering from another 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