Emmanuel Niyonkuru
Emmanuel Niyonkuru (20 July 1962 – 1 January 2017) was a Burundian politician. He was appointed to the Government of Burundi as Minister of Water and Environment in 2015, after having been elected as a senator for the district of Muramvya. He was born in the Commune of Rutegama, Burundi.
Niyonkuru was assassinated by gunshot in the capital city of Bujumbura on 1 January 2016, aged 54. A woman was reportedly arrested.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Niyonkuru, Burundi minister assassinated. News Agency of Nigeria (1 January 2017). Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ Burundi minister assassinated in Bujumbura. France 24 (1 January 2017). Retrieved 1 January 2017.