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Three Burundians jailed for 30 years over 'attack' on president

Ndayishimiye was sworn into office in June after the sudden death of his predecessor, Pierre Nkurunziza

A Burundi court has jailed two men and a woman for 30 years over an "attack" in which stones were thrown at a convoy carrying President Evariste Ndayishimiye, a judicial source told AFP Monday.

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