Profile of President Pierre Nkurunziza - The Burundi President who wants a 3rd term and survived a coup

Profile of President Pierre Nkurunziza - Burundi President who wants a 3rd term 

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, the son of a Tutsi mother and a Hutu father, was born with politics in his blood just a year after the country celebrated its independence from Belgium in 1962.

His father, Eustache Ngabisha, was elected to the national parliament in 1965 and later became governor of two provinces.