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Presidential couple asserts domination over new government upstream of 2027 elections

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Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye and his wife his wife Angeline Ndayishimiye in Gitega, 18 June 2020.
Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye and his wife his wife Angeline Ndayishimiye in Gitega, 18 June 2020. © Evrard Ngendakumana/Reuters

The new government, which took office at the beginning of August, has the stamp of the first lady's growing political influence. Two years out from the presidential elections and, with the economy struggling, the government continues to play its cards close to its chest.

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