Kenya's President William Ruto, Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye and Uhuru Kenyatta, the East African Community's facilitator on the Peace Process in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, attend the opening of the third peace talk on Eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in Nairobi, Kenya, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Kenya's President William Ruto, Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye and Uhuru Kenyatta the East African Community's facilitator on the Peace Process in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo; attend the opening of the third peace talk on Eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in Nairobi Kenya November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Burundi's President and the chairperson of the East African Community summit Evariste Ndayishimiye speaks to Uhuru Kenyatta, EAC's facilitator on the Peace Process in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo during the opening of the third peace talk on the Eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in Nairobi, Kenya November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Burundi's President and chairperson of the East African Community summit Evariste Ndayishimiye, attends the opening of the third peace talk on Eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in Nairobi, Kenya November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Kenya's President William Ruto, Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye and Uhuru Kenyatta, the East African Community's facilitator on the Peace Process in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, attend the opening of the third peace talk on Eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in Nairobi, Kenya November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

President of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

Athletics - Diamond League - Monaco - Stade Louis II, Monaco - August 10, 2022 Burundi's Thierry Ndikumwenayo crosses the line to win the men's 3000m REUTERS/Eric Gaillard 

Athletics - Diamond League - Monaco - Stade Louis II, Monaco - August 10, 2022 Burundi's Thierry Ndikumwenayo celebrates winning the men's 3000m REUTERS/Eric Gaillard 

Athletics - Diamond League - Monaco - Stade Louis II, Monaco - August 10, 2022 Burundi's Thierry Ndikumwenayo celebrates winning the men's 3000m REUTERS/Eric Gaillard 

Athletics - Diamond League - Monaco - Stade Louis II, Monaco - August 10, 2022 Burundi's Thierry Ndikumwenayo celebrates winning the men's 3000m REUTERS/Eric Gaillard 

Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Men's 10,000 Metres - Final - Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, U.S. - July 17, 2022 Japan's Ren Tazawa, Burundi's Egide Ntakarutimana and Australia's Jack Rayner cross the line REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski 

Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Men's 10,000 Metres - Final - Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, U.S. - July 17, 2022 Burundi's Egide Ntakarutimana, Australia's Jack Rayner and Japan's Ren Tazawa in action during the men's 10,000 metres final REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Men's 10,000 Metres - Final - Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, U.S. - July 17, 2022 Burundi's Egide Ntakarutimana in action during the men's 10,000 metres final REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba poses as she celebrates after winning the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba celebrates after winning the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba celebrates after winning the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba celebrates after winning the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba celebrates after winning the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba wins the women's 3000m ahead of Kenya's Faith Kipyegon REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba wins the women's 3000m ahead of Kenya's Faith Kipyegon REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba wins the women's 3000m ahead of Kenya's Faith Kipyegon REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba celebrates after winning the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba wins the women's 3000m ahead of Kenya's Faith Kipyegon REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba wins the women's 3000m ahead of Kenya's Faith Kipyegon REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba in action during the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba in action during the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba, Australia's Jessica Hull and Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech in action during the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba and Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech in action during the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Athletics - Diamond League - Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 13, 2022 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba and Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech in action during the women's 3000m REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari 

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II appears on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, where she is in residence, during a virtual audience to receive Elisa Nkerabirori, Ambassador from the Republic of Burundi, at Buckingham Palace, London, Britain, March 10, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II appears on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, where she is in residence, during a virtual audience to receive Elisa Nkerabirori, Ambassador from the Republic of Burundi, at Buckingham Palace, London, Britain, March 10, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Members of the band called The Drummers of Burundi perform during the parade for the launch of MASA (Abidjan Performing Arts Market), in a street in Yopougon, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Luc Gnago 

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye arrives for the first day of a European Union- African Union summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, February 17, 2022. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS 

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye arrives for the first day of a European Union- African Union summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, February 17, 2022. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS 

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye arrives for the first day of a European Union- African Union summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, February 17, 2022. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS 

Delphine Nifasha, 19, a student and a member of Burundi women's cycling team leads the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Delphine Nifasha, 19, a student and a member of Burundi women's cycling team leads the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Delphine Nifasha, 19, a student and a member of Burundi women's cycling team poses for a photograph at the podium after the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Kenya's Nancy Akinyi gestures as she crosses the line to win during the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Delphine Nifasha, 19, a student and a member of Burundi women's cycling team is seen with her teammates before the departure of the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Women cyclists compete throughout the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Delphine Nifasha, 19, a student and a member of Burundi women's cycling team receives treatment at an ambulance after she was injured competing in the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Women cyclists compete throughout the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Members of Burundi women's cycling team compete throughout the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Members of Burundi women's cycling team compete throughout the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Members of Burundi women's cycling team compete throughout the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Women cyclists compete throughout the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. Picture taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana 

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye speaks at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS 

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye speaks at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS 

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye speaks at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS 

Athletics - Diamond League - Zurich - Sechselaeutenplatz square, Zurich, Switzerland - September 8, 2021 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba celebrates after winning the 5000m REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

Athletics - Diamond League - Zurich - Sechselaeutenplatz square, Zurich, Switzerland - September 8, 2021 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba celebrates after winning the 5000m REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

Athletics - Diamond League - Zurich - Sechselaeutenplatz square, Zurich, Switzerland - September 8, 2021 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba wins the 5000m REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

Athletics - Diamond League - Zurich - Sechselaeutenplatz square, Zurich, Switzerland - September 8, 2021 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba in action during the 5000m REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 10000m - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 7, 2021. Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi in action REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel 

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 10000m - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 7, 2021. Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi and Tsehay Gemechu of Ethiopia in action REUTERS/Hannah Mckay 

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 10000m - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 7, 2021. Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi and Tsehay Gemechu of Ethiopia in action REUTERS/Hannah Mckay 

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 800m - Round 1 - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 31, 2021. Patryk Dobek of Poland, Eric Nzikwinkunda of Burundi and Jesus Tonatiu Lopez of Mexico in action during Heat 5 REUTERS/Hannah Mckay 

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 800m - Round 1 - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 31, 2021. Jesus Tonatiu Lopez of Mexico, Eric Nzikwinkunda of Burundi and Patryk Dobek of Poland in action REUTERS/Phil Noble 

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 800m - Round 1 - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 31, 2021. Jesus Tonatiu Lopez of Mexico, Eric Nzikwinkunda of Burundi and Patryk Dobek of Poland in action REUTERS/Phil Noble