Ndayishimiye’s Anti-Rwanda Rhetoric Mirrors Tshisekedi’s Strategy Premium

Burundi’s ruling CNDD-FDD describes its ongoing nationwide tour as an exercise to assess development activities, but the political messaging accompanying it suggests another purpose: laying the groundwork for the 2027 presidential election while using Rwanda as an external threat around which to mobilize support. On August 18, CNDD-FDD Secretary General Révérien Ndikuriyo met party representatives in Mabayi Zone, Mugina Commune, Bujumbura Province. He described Rwanda as an “enemy state” and