Burundi coup: Agathon Rwasa loses another political party he founded

Agathon Rwasa.

Agathon Rwasa, Burundian opposition leader and party leader of CNL. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

African opposition figures are rallying behind their kind, Burundi’s CNL party leader Agathon Rwasa, who was controversially dethroned while he was on a trip out of the country.

The National Freedom Congress (known by its French acronym CNL), which was founded by Mr Rwasa in 2019, elected new leaders in a controversial meeting held on Sunday in Ngozi, north of the country.