The Constitutional Court of Burundi has disclosed that the country’s president-elect would take charge following the death of the sitting president, Pierre Nkurunziza this week.
At a press conference, the court said that Evariste Ndayishimiye, who won the presidential election in May, was due to take over in August but would be sworn in as soon as possible.
A date for the ceremony has not yet been given. Mr Nkurunziza, who had ruled Burundi since 2005, died suddenly on Tuesday of cardiac arrest at the age of 55.
