Burundi's President Wins New Five-Year Term

Results from Burundi’s presidential election show the incumbent, Pierre Nkurunziza, has won a third five-year term. Nkurunziza got 69 percent of the vote in a poll boycotted by the opposition, which said the president's bid for re-election was unconstitutional.   The head of country’s electoral body read out the results Friday from Burundi's 18 provinces. When the totals were added up, they showed Nkurunziza won with 69 percent of the vote, followed by Agathon Rwasa with 19...

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