Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza was pictured playing football with his friends in Bujumbura as police and soldiers clashed with protesters in the latest push against the presidents third term bid after the failed
President Nkurunziza is a qualified football coach and never fails to travel with his football team, according to BBC.
Meawhile protesters in Burundi fought intense battles with police on Thursday.
Anti-Government protesters have been demonstrating since the president was nominated for a third term in power.
At least two protesters were shot dead and eight were wounded in clashes with police in the capital Bujumbura, the Red Cross said.
Heavy gunfire was heard all day in suburbs of the capital, with intense bursts of automatic weapons, as protesters in reply hurled rocks from makeshift barricades. Plumes of smoke rose from districts of the city where fighting as heaviest.
The crisis, which began in late April after the ruling party nominated Nkurunziza to stand again in the June presidential election, deepened last week when a top general staged a failed coup attempt.
