9 Burundi Coup Plotters Escape Life Sentence, Receive 30-Year Jail Terms

EVENT SUMMARY Burundi Supreme Court on Monday 9th May 2016 slapped life sentence on 21 army officers supposedly involved in plotting a coup on May 2015 against Pierre Nkurunziza. Nine of the plotters received 30-year jail terms while eight other officers were jailed for five years. Seven others were acquitted. Initial judicial source reported that...