KTN News Anchor Remembers Her Days In Burundi Before The Coup. Praises President President Pierre Nkurunziza

After a 12 year armed conflict that started in 1993 and left about 300,000 people dead, the Burundi Civil war came to and end in 2005.

A decade later Burundi is in turmoil once again, this is after the attempt to oust incumbent president Nkurunziza who was away in Tanzania.
I hear that the coup has been botched thanks to the army and the police.
But Burundi has not always been a country with coups, KTN’s Joy Doreen Biiira shares memories of the country before the coup that has seen tens of thousands of people flee to safety.

If you opened up a gym in Burundi, chances of shutting it down are so high. Reason?… So this is normally the situation in #Bujumbura every Saturday and Sunday…the work outs along the streets is just amazing. Being the sportsman that he is President Pierre Nkurunziza gave the go ahead for citizens to use the city’s streets for aerobics, jogging, skipping and all fitness exercises so his people can keep fit. However, look where its all gotten him – ousted from #BURUNDI #BurundiCoup #Nkurunziza #spotme

#TBT at Bujumbura airport in 2013, now shutdown by GEN. NIYOMBARE

Pierre Nkurunziza was such a great host he delegated his economic advisor to speak to us as he’s more fluent in French. #TBT Burundi 2013