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Urgent: Burundi presidency says attempted coup "failed"

Xinhua, May 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Burundi presidency issued a statement on its twitter account on Wednesday, saying the coup attempt had "failed."

"The situation is under control," the presidency said, reiterating that "there had been no coup d'etat in Burundi."

Early on Wednesday afternoon, former head of Burundi's National Intelligence Maj. General Godefroid Niyombare announced that the army had overthrown President Pierre Nkurunziza who is in Tanzania attending a regional summit to discuss the Burundi crisis. Endi