Bujumbura, Burundi - A former head of Burundi's ruling party and leading dissident has escaped from prison where he was serving a 13 year sentence for plotting against state security, police in the said on Monday.
Hussein Radjabu, a leading opponent of President Pierre Nkurunziza and who has been in jail since 2007, "escaped last night between 21:00 and midnight along with two others," police spokesperson Liboire Bakundukize told AFP.