President Pierre Nkurunziza is scheduled to fly back to Burundi tonight, but it's not clear whether he will be allowed to land. He has been in Tanzania to discuss his country's crisis, but while he was away an army general claimed a coup. Major General Godefroid Niyombare earlier said the military has fired the president. He now says he has closed the country's borders.. The presidency was quick to rubbish the coup claim, calling it a joke. Despite that, crowds of people took to the streets of the capital, cheering and singing after weeks of protests. The general made his coup announcement on a private radio station.
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