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 ...

Burundi's decision to join the region’s common network platform led to an overnight improvement in the costs and ease of making calls into the country from elsewhere in the region. Burundi’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Burundi has suspended diplomatic ties with Rwanda and unilaterally closed its border. The move came last week, as the government accused Rwanda supporting a rebel group known as RED-Tabara. But ...

Burundi has closed its borders with Rwanda after accusing its neighbour of funding rebel attacks. Last December Red Tabara, a Burundian rebel group, killed 20 people near the border with the ...

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already face social ostracism and ...