Under pressure, Prime Minister Nduwayo and President Sylvester Ntibantunganya accepted security assistance.
[9] On 25 July 1996 Pierre Buyoya, a Tutsi military strongman, former president and UPRONA leader, overthrew Ntibantunganya in a bloodless putsch.
[10][7] Nduwayo resigned shortly after the coup, and was succeeded by Pascal-Firmin Ndimira of UPRONA, who held office from 31 July 1996 to 12 June 1998.
The central bank put BCD under receivership on 23 March 2004, after ignoring warning of serious problems for a long period.
By the time of its failure the bank could only continue operating if it could raise 7.5 billion BIF through recapitalization, loan recovery and sale of assets.
[15] In April 2017 Antoine Nduwayo accompanied a group of young people from Burundi to the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda.
He said it was important for Burundians to learn from Rwanda's history, and to make sure the political tensions in Burundi at that time did not lead to genocide.
In November 2020 Pierre Buyoya resigned from his position as High Representative of the African Union in Mali and the Sahel, which he had held for eight years.