Bujumbura, July 27 -- Burundi's ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party has won all 10 seats in the Senate following senatorial elections held on Wednesday, the country's electoral commission said here on Friday.
"The CNDD-FDD party won all 10 seats in the Senate for the next 2025-2030 tenure. According to the national constitution and the electoral code, three persons from the Batwa minority group have also been co-opted to form an upper chamber of 13 senators," Prosper Ntahorwamiye, chairperson of the Burundian National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), said during the publication of provisional results of the July 23 senatorial elections held at provincial town ...