Burundi

The government of Burundi maintains two Twitter accounts for the president and the presidency. The @BurundiGov Twitter account set up by the government on 14 August 2010 has been silent since 27 January 2013.

Tweets from Burundi leaders

President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza

Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza is a newcomer to Twitter. The @PierreNkurunziz Twitter account was activated on 9 February 2015 and tweets automatically whenever a new posts goes up on his Facebook page or his website http://www.pierrenkurunziza.org.

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Pierre Nkurunziza

@PierreNkurunziz

Né à Ngozi en 1964. Président de la République du #Burundi. Béni d’être Burundais. Rends grâce au Seigneur. Mes tweets sont signés PN

Peer connections (as of April 2015)

Tweet analytics (as of April 2015)

Tweets:25
Following:5
Followers:244
Joined Twitter: 01/29/2012
Language: French
Status: Active
Tweets/day: 0.52
Retweets: 4%
Mentions/Tweet:
Replies/Tweet:
Tweets retweeted: 60%
Most mentioned
Average of retweets 2

Presidency of Burundi Burundi | Présidence

President #PierreNkurunziza and #Burundi are the most used hashtags on the Twitter account of Burundi’s presidency. The account which was established on 3 February 2012 chronicles the activities of President Pierre Nkurunziza in French. The administration posts on average one tweet every two days mainly promoting the activities of the president including pictures of his bilateral meetings. The account tweets mainly from an iPad and an iPhone but rarely @replies to other Twitter users. The presidency in Bujumbura mutually follows its northern neighbor, the government of Rwanda @RwandaGov and the @PresidenceMali.

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Burundi | Présidence

@BdiPresidence

Présidence de la République du Burundi.

Tweet analytics (as of April 2015)

Tweets:774
Following:264
Followers:3,003
Joined Twitter: 02/03/2012
Language: French
Status: Active
Tweets/day: 0.68
Retweets: 3%
Mentions/Tweet: 0.21
Replies/Tweet: 0.03
Tweets retweeted: 65%
Most mentioned @PierreNkurunziz (13), @abakunzi (11), @YouTube (8), @BdiPresidence (7), @jumuiya (7), @willynyamitwe (6), @UN (5), @rsezibera (5), @landryburundi (4), @RFI (4).
Average of retweets 3