A label attached to the backing board of the portrait says it was restored by the Lyman Allyn Museum Conservation Laboratory in Connecticut in 1974.
But the governing party and its leader hold an opposing view.President Ndayishimiye has said residents of Bujumbura, Burundi's largest city, "looked bad in 2005" but now "had money to buy shoes, new clothes and to build a house''.
And the CNDD-FDD often responds to criticism by reminding Burundians that the party fought for the Hutu ethnic group - who make up the majority of the population - to access power, after four decades of what they considered as oppression by the minority Tutsis.UK economic growth will suffer because of US tariff barriers and high interest payments on government debt, an influential global policy group has said.The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) cut its expectations for UK growth this year to 1.3% from the 1.4% it had predicted in March.
The think tank has cut forecasts globally due to trade tensions, but said the UK faced particular issues due to its "very thin" buffer in public finances, calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to boost tax take and cut spending.In response to the OECD's comments, Reeves said she was "determined to go further and faster to put more money in people's pockets through our plan for change".
Next week, Reeves will set out her Spending Review where she faces tough choices on allocating departmental budgets.
The government has already committed billions of pounds to defence, while the NHS is also expected to be a focus amid Labour's pledge to reduce waiting lists."It was a good conversation," President Trump posted on Truth Social, "but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace."
"President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields."Voters in Burundi are heading to the polls amid a backdrop of surging inflation, fuel shortages and complaints of political repression.
Seats in the National Assembly and local councils are up for grabs but Évariste Ndayishimiye is safe in his role as president as he is serving a seven-year term that ends in 2027.The elections will test the popularity of the governing CNDD-FDD party, a former rebel group which has been in power for the past 20 years.