The World - News from Sept. 9, 1987

Burundi’s new army ruler, Maj. Pierre Buyoya, announced the release of hundreds of political prisoners and promised to free hundreds more of those detained under deposed President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. Buyoya, who seized power last week while Bagaza was attending a conference in Canada, said Bagaza had jailed an “unlimited number” of people, “without justification, without trial, without the application of justice.”