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US lifts sanctions against Burundi after six years

Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye

Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye at the State House in Bujumbura on June 13, 2020. PHOTO | FILE

By  MOSES HAVYARIMANA

The US on Thursday lifted sanctions imposed on Burundi since 2015 when violent protests erupted against then president Pierre Nkurunziza.

More than one thousand people died and many others were injured.

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