In contrast, relatively little has been said about Burundi’s potential withdrawal of its soldiers from Somalia over a dispute about troop numbers. Burundi had suggested contributing 3 000 of AUSSOM’s ...

Burundi's parliament has appointed a new human rights commission with a mandate to counter the UN's rights envoy, following the exile of the previous head who criticized the government. The new ...

General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the afternoon of April 4 welcomed President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye during his official visit to Vietnam, a move expected to ...

The president of Burundi has claimed that neighbouring Rwanda is planning to foment a conflict in his country, warning that it is backing a rebel group in an effort to destabilise its neighbour ...

Burundi Says Rwanda Has a Plan to Attack It, Rwanda Calls for Calm NAIROBI (Reuters) - Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye said he had seen "credible intelligence" that Rwanda has a plan to ...

BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI – As conflict in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues, thousands are still crossing the border into Burundi in what has become the largest ...

Credit: Linus Strandholm/Shutterstock. Tanzania and Burundi have entered into an agreement with two Chinese companies to construct a railway line to transport metals, including nickel, to the port ...

For more background, see successive civil society letters to the Human Rights Council, including: DefendDefenders et al., “Burundi: Vital role of the Commission of Inquiry in prompting ...

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye continues to rule with an unrelenting "wave of repression" despite hopes of change when he took office four years ago, Amnesty International said ...

Le gouvernement du Rwanda a déclaré qu'"il est clair que le Burundi est aux prises avec d'importants problèmes internes". En effet, le gouvernement de ce pays accuse le Rwanda d'être impliqué ...