Burundi Referendum Results Expected

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza queues before casting his ballot at a polling centre during the constitutional amendment referendum at School Ecofo de Buye in Mwumba commune in Ngozi province, northern Burundi, May 17, 2018. Reuters/Evrard Ngendakumana

The results of a constitutional referendum in Burundi are expected later today.

The vote took place on Thursday, and could see President Pierre Nkurunziza's rule extended to 2034.

The electoral commission (Ceni) said the results would come in at 16:00 (14:00 GMT), AFP news agency reports.

Mr Nkurunziza is a former rebel leader who came to power at the end of Burundi's ethnically charged civil war in 2005.

His run for a controversial third term in 2015, despite being constitutionally limited to two terms, set off a wave of violence and an attempted coup, which was foiled by government forces.

The political crisis led to hundreds of deaths, and more than 400,000 people fled the country, according to the United Nations.





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