Editing History of Burundi (section)

=== Post-Nkurunziza (2020–present) ===
On 20 May 2020, [[Évariste Ndayishimiye]], a candidate who was hand-picked as Nkurunziza's successor by the CNDD-FDD, won the election with 71.45% of the vote.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Who is Burundi's new president, Evariste Ndayishimiye?|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/18/evariste-ndayishimiye-who-is-burundis-new-president|access-date=2021-01-08|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref> Shortly after, on 9 June 2020, Nkurunziza died of a cardiac arrest, at the age of 55.<ref name=":0" /> There was some speculation that his death was COVID-19 related, though this is unconfirmed.<ref>{{Cite news|last=correspondent|first=Jason Burke Africa|date=2020-06-09|title=Burundi president dies of illness suspected to be coronavirus|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/burundi-president-dies-illness-suspected-coronavirus-pierre-nkurunziz|access-date=2021-03-08|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> As per the constitution, [[Pascal Nyabenda]], the president of the national assembly, led the government until Ndayishimiye's inauguration on 18 June 2020.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Initially, Ndayishimiye adopted a stronger response to the COVID-19 pandemic  than his predecessor - calling the virus the nation's "worst enemy" shortly after taking office.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Burundi closes borders again as COVID-19 cases on the rise|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/burundi-closes-borders-covid-19-cases-rise-75132749|access-date=2021-03-08|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref> In January 2021, he closed national borders, having previously issued a statement which said that anyone bringing Covid into Burundi would be treated as "people bringing weapons to kill Burundians".<ref name=":2" /> In February 2021, however, Burundi joined Tanzania in being the only African nations to reject vaccines from the COVAX scheme: the health minister Thaddee Ndikumana stated that “since more than 95% of patients are recovering, we estimate that the vaccines are not yet necessary.” <ref>{{Cite web|title=Tanzania, Burundi not to get COVID-19 vaccine doses|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/tanzania-burundi-not-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-doses/2135487|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref> As of June 2021, Burundi has still not made any effort to procure vaccines - one of three countries to fail to take this step.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Three Vaccine Holdouts Imperil the World|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-05-27/three-vaccine-holdouts-imperil-the-world|access-date=2021-06-14|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=27 May 2021 }}</ref>