Burundi's new President Evariste Ndayishimiye has got good political instincts, after all. He has declared that Covid-19 is the country’s “biggest enemy’’. It was a huge change from his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza, who died suddenly last month weeks before he was due to step down.
Nkurunziza, a man of God, adopted a hear-no-virus-see-no-virus approach, downplaying its dangers and claiming the Lord was protecting Burundians.
