BURUNDI: Burundi President Will Not Revenge Over Failed Coup

Burundi's government will not take revenge against those involved in last week's failed coup, President Pierre Nkurunziza's office has said.

Those implicated would be brought to justice in accordance with the rule of law, it added in a statement.

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has called for Burundi's presidential election to be indefinitely postponed.

Protests are continuing in the capital, Bujumbura, against Mr Nkurunziza's third-term bid.

The presidential poll is due to be held on 26 June. Mr Nkurunziza has so far refused to bow to pressure to postpone it.

Several alleged leaders of the coup attempt have been arrested but Gen Godefroid Niyombare, who announced it in a radio broadcast last Wednesday, remains on the run.