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Sports Memory: The day football officials were arrested over tackling of Nkurunziza at a match

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Pierre Nkurunziza, a former sports professor at the University of Burundi, in action

Burundi President, Pierre Nkurunziza, described by his friends and family as a man who loved sports, died on June 9 following heart failure.

The official statement announcing the president’s death said he was taken ill the evening after helping out at a volleyball match in Ngozi, northern Burundi, on Saturday.

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