Name Zedi Feruzi | Role Politician | |
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Zedi Feruzi (died 23 May 2015) was a Burundian politician from the Union for Peace and Development (UPD-Zigamibanga) party. He was assassinated during the political unrest of 2015.
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- Burundi les obseques de l opposant zedi feruzi
- Assassinat de zedi feruzi temoignage du journaliste jean baptiste bireha
- Biography
- References
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Biography
A member of Burundi's small muslim community, Zedi Feruzi studied at the University of Burundi. He taught History for several years at a Catholic secondary school in Bujumbura before entering the Burundian government in 2006 to work in the Ministry of Justice. His brother served as governor of Muyinga Province. Feruzi subsequently took the leadership of the Union for Peace and Development (UPD-Zigamibanga), a small party supported predominantly by Muslims, in opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza. Feruzi himself was a vocal critic of Nkurunziza's ambition to stand for a third presidential term which sparked a political crisis after it was announced in April 2015.
On 23 May 2015, Feruzi was shot dead, together with his bodyguard, in a drive-by shooting in the Ngagara district of Bujumbura as he was returning home. He was buried in a Muslim cemetery in Bujumbura. Several thousand people attended his funeral. The murder was condemned by Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, and the United Nations Security Council. After his death other opposition politicians and activists went into hiding. They suspended talks with the Burundian government to protest the killing of Feruzi.
