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Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has made a posthumous award to Papy Faty, a player for the national football team who collapsed and died earlier this year during a game.
Faty was part of the Burundi squad that qualified in March for the Africa Cup of Nations.
He died a month later, while playing for his club in Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland.
The award was presented to Faty's mother, along with two million Burundian francs ($1089), during Burundi's 57th Independence Day celebrations.
Awards were also presented to outstanding figures in Burundi’s education, diplomacy, army and police services.
