2020 in Burundi

Incumbents

 * President: Pierre Nkurunziza (until June 8), Evariste Ndayishimiye (since June 8)

January

 * January 13 - China promises to strengthen ties to Burundi.
 * 31 January: Four journalists are sentenced to 30-month jail sentences in Burundi.

February

 * February 5 - Unity Day, Burundi
 * 15 February – Six mass graves with 6,000 bodies are found in Karuzi Province, Burundi.

April

 * April 1 - 1st case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi
 * April 2 - 2nd case
 * April 6 - Cyprien Ntaryamira Day, Burundi

May

 * May 14 – Four members of the World Health Organization are expelled from Burundi.
 * May 20 - 2020 Burundian general election

June

 * June 8 - Pierre Nkurunziza, the president of Burundi, dies of a stroke.

July to December

 * December 29 – Former president Pierre Buyoya is buried in Bamako, Mali.

Deaths

 * May 8 – Therence Sinunguruza, 60, Burundian politician, MP (2005–2010), Permanent Representative to the UN (1993–1994) and Vice-President (2010–2013)
 * June 8 – Pierre Nkurunziza, 55, Burundian politician and the ninth president of Burundi (2005–2020); Coronavirus disease 2019.
 * December 17 – Pierre Buyoya, 71, politician, President of Burundi (1987–1993, 1996–2003); COVID-19.