Tensions are High in Burundi: Why It Matters (Updated)

Update: On May 13, Major General Godefroid Niyombare, along with members of the Burundian army, launched a coup against the Nkurunziza government. While Nkurunziza was in Tanzania, attending an East African Community (EAC) summit to discuss the unrest associated with Nkurunziza’s election bid, Niyombare took to the radio to announce that he dismissed Nkurunziza from…