Change of Power in Burundi?

May 2015 Coup d'état

"On May 13th, 2015, President Pierre Nkurunziza's government was declared to be "overthrown" by Major General Godefroid Niyombareh in a coup d'état. This followed weeks of protests over President Nkurunziza's plan to seek a third term in office. Protestors claim this violates a two-term limit clause in the Constitution, while President Nkurunziza has argued that his first term was an appointed position and thus does not fall within the two-term limit. His interpretation was upheld by the country's constitutional court^.

President Nkurunziza, at the time visiting the neighboring country of Tanzania, released a statement on Twitter denying that the coup had been successful."

(Source: Wikipedia, 2015)

These days I have been following quite carefully the news from Burundi. I even wrote on the difficult implementation of democracy principles on the African continent, repeating my usual statement: "The weakness of Africa corresponds to the weakness of its institutions. Contrary to developed countries of the West, a coup d'état is possible at any time anywhere in Africa. This is why presidents reinforce their armies, security services and police in a very exaggerated way." Etc. And what happened in Burundi today is the result of an on going chaos in terms of the application of democratic rules and laws provided by the Constitution. Pierre Nkurunziza was claiming to run for one more mandate because he had the real power (army, security and police) on his side whereas the Burundian people had none. Today's event is the response of the national army in order to stop the confusion and disorder created by this situation. Just wait and see.