Burundi's Supreme Court has sentenced the country's former prime minister, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, to life in prison, a judicial source told French media.
Bunyoni's charges included attempting to overthrow the government, using witchcraft to threaten the life of the head of state, undermining national security, destabilizing the economy and illicit enrichment, the report added.
The court ordered authorities to confiscate four houses and buildings, as well as a plot of land and 14 vehicles belonging to Bunyoni.
Five others were also in the dock, including the two main defendants, a police colonel and a senior intelligence officer, who received sentences ranging from three to 15 years, the source added.
Earlier media reported that the former prime minister was also charged with illegal possession of weapons and insulting the president.
Bunyoni was arrested in mid-April this year, days after the government declared him missing.
In September 2022, he was dismissed as prime minister amid reports of an alleged plot against the government of President Evariste Ndayishimiye.
Under the previous government of President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died in 2020, Bunyoni served as Minister of Internal Security.