A Burundi journalist has told euronews that there is an “atmosphere of joy” in the streets, after a general claimed to have deposed President Pierre Nkurunziza.<br /><br /> It comes after two weeks of demonstrations against Nkurunziza’s bid to seek a third term in office. <br /><br /> But as cheering crowds streamed on to the streets of the capital Bujumbura, sporadic gunfire was heard in the centre – and it was not immediately clear how much support Major General General Godefroid Niyombare had. <br /><br /> With Nkurunziza abroad at an African summit to discuss the crisis, the presidency rubbished the declaration by Niyombare – who had been fired as Nkurunziza’s intelligence chief in February – saying on Facebook that the coup had been “foiled.”<br /><br /> “Burundi’s national radio and television is surrounded by many soldiers,” Aristide Nizigire, a journalist with the Magara Times, told euronews.<br /><br /> “In the south of the capital, there are many people walking and running, women and children running, saying that they’re hap
