The government was incensed with former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, who described Nkurunziza’s Burundi as one of the "most prolific slaughterhouses of humans in recent times" in February 2018.
Gwamnatin ta kufula da tsohon babban kwamishinan Majalisar ɗinkin Duniya na haƙƙin al'umma, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, wanda ya bayyana Burundi a ƙarƙashin Nkurunziza a matsayin "mafi girman mayanka ta mutane a wannan lokacin" a Fabarairun 2018.