Africa: Burundi

Christians Must Live A Life Of Sacrifice

Nov 20, 2019

Christians must begin to live a life of sacrifice and selflessness if they really want to see the full manifestation ...

Burundi journalists still held on state security c...

Nov 1, 2019

Four journalists and their driver are still being held in Burundi after they were arrested for allegedly undermining nat ...

UN ambassador to Burundi, Michel Kafando, served as Burkina Faso's interim president from 2014 to 2015. By FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (AFP/File)

UN envoy to Burundi quits ahead of 2020 vote

Oct 31, 2019

The United Nations envoy to Burundi announced on Wednesday that he planned to step down from the post he has held for tw ...

4 Burundian journalists charged with undermining s...

Oct 27, 2019

Four journalists and their driver were charged in Burundi on Saturday with undermining national security judicial source ...

Burundi Police Arrest Iwacu Journalists Covering U...

Oct 24, 2019

Authorities in Burundi should immediately release four journalists and a media worker from the privately-owned news o ...

Protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza have been been ruthlessly suppressed -- more than 1,200 people have died. By PHIL MOORE (AFP)

Burundi's beleaguered government reaches out to op...

Oct 10, 2019

Diplomatically isolated and its economy on the skids, Burundi is cautiously reaching out to its opponents in a bid to ea ...

The head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, Doudou Diene, said that it was

UN probe warns 'climate of fear' gripping Burundi ...

Sep 4, 2019

A climate of fear has gripped Burundi ahead of next year's elections, with crimes against humanity and other serious vio ...

Burundi's National Freedom Council -- a new party formed by main opposition leader Agathon Rwasa (pictured May 2018) -- said it was meant to inaugurate nine new offices in the capital. By STR (AFP/File)

Burundi opposition says 18 offices vandalised in t...

Aug 18, 2019

A Burundian opposition party said Sunday that 18 of its offices had been destroyed in the past two months, condemning ac ...

Albinos are killed regularly in some African countries for their body parts for use in witchcraft rituals.Â Tanzania's Ukerewe island in Lake Victoria, shown here, is seen as a safe place for albinos. By CARL DE SOUZA (AFP/File)

Albino teen found dismembered in Burundi: associat...

Aug 18, 2019

A 15-year-old albino boy has been found dismembered in Burundi a week after going missing, the first such killing in the ...

A man receives an Ebola vaccine in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on July 15. By Pamela TULIZO (AFP/File)

Burundi starts vaccinating health workers against ...

Aug 14, 2019

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that Burundi had begun vaccinating frontline workers against Ebola at ...

Malaria death toll in Burundi rivals DRC Ebola dea...

Aug 7, 2019

A malaria outbreak of epidemic proportions has killed some 1,800 people in Burundi in 2019, with a death toll on par w ...

Beering-up with the Burundian Black Belgian Brewe...

Aug 6, 2019

John Christian Kavakure fled war in Burundi 25 years ago with the dream of owning a brewery.

The UN says 5.7 million cases of malaria have been recorded in Burundi so far this year. By PHILIPPE HUGUEN (AFP/File)

1,800 dead as malaria 'epidemic' rages in Burundi:...

Aug 6, 2019

Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the UN's humanitarian agency says, a death toll rivallin ...

A man stands in front of a plaque in honor of missing Burundian journalist Jean Bigirimana in Bujumbura during a commemoration to mark one year after the journalist's disappearance on July 21, 2017. On August 2, 2019, CPJ joined a call for the U.N. Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of the Burundi Commission of Inquiry. (AFP/STRINGER)

CPJ joins call for U.N. Human Rights Council to ex...

Aug 3, 2019

The Committee to Protect Journalists today joined 40 other civil society organizations in calling on member and observer ...

University Of Burundi Participates In Africas High...

Jul 28, 2019

The Doctoral School of the University of Burundi has joined other African stakeholders in higher education at the 17[SUP ...

UN envoy for Burundi Michel Kafando (left) shakes hands with President Pierre Nkurunziza during a visit in 2017. By STR (AFP/File)

Burundi threatens to cut ties with UN envoy: diplo...

May 31, 2019

Burundi is threatening to cut ties with the UN envoy appointed to the country, ahead of elections next year that the gov ...

The commissioner in charge of electoral operations told an audience of journalists and civil society groups in Bujurumba that official steps should be taken to

Burundi Commissioner Want Free Press Barred From C...

May 9, 2019

A senior Burundi election official has called for independent media to be barred from covering the East African coun ...