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Burundi ruling party candidate wins presidential race

Burundi election winner Evariste Ndayishimiye and incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza on the last day of their campaign in Bujumbura, on May 16, 2020. Mr Ndayishimiye was declared winner of the general election. PHOTO | AFP

By  The EastAfrican

Burundi’s ruling party candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye was Monday declared the winner of the May 20 presidential race with 68 percent of the votes.

Agathon Rwasa, leader of the main opposition National Freedom Council (CNL), garnered 24 percent of the vote, the Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) said.

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