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Africa: Burundi

Mpox causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions and can be deadly in some cases.  By Glody MURHABAZI (AFP/File)

Third of Burundi mpox cases in children under five: UN

Sep 20, 2024 | Africa: Burundi

Youngsters have been especially impacted by mpox outbreaks raging in Africa, with children under five accounting for nea ...

Aug 27, 2024 | Africa: Burundi

Gerard walks despondently around his small pharmacy in the centre of Burundi's main city Bujumbura, surveying the many e ...

Aug 24, 2024 | Africa: Burundi

I felt very sick and scared, I couldn't even walk any more, said mpox patient Samuel Nduwimana in Burundi's economic c ...

Aug 21, 2024 | Africa: Burundi

Burundi's President President Evariste Ndayishimiye continues to rule with an unrelenting wave of repression despite h ...

Aug 16, 2024 | Africa: Burundi

Burundi on Friday freed journalist Floriane Irangabiye, who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly unde ...

Jun 18, 2024 | Africa: Burundi

Kampala, Uganda, June 17, 2024 mdash;Burundian authorities must desist from intimidating the independent news outlet Iwa ...

Apr 17, 2024 | Africa: Burundi

The government of Burundi and the United Nations have launched an appeal for financial aid to cope with the devastating ...

Mar 10, 2024 | Africa: Burundi

Burundi's main opposition party was split Sunday after a faction said they had ousted its leader, Agathon Rwasa, for fai ...

Jan 6, 2024 | Africa: Burundi

The United States on Friday criticized Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye after he called for public stoning of s ...

Nov 9, 2023 | Africa: Burundi

Prosecutors in Burundi called Thursday for ousted prime minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni to be sentenced to life in pris ...

Oct 5, 2023 | Africa: Burundi

A court in Burundi has denied bail to the country's powerful former prime minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, who is on tr ...

Aug 30, 2023 | Africa: Burundi

Nairobi, August 30, 2023 mdash;The Committee to Protect Journalists, Amnesty International, the Burundi Human Rights Ini ...

Jul 26, 2023 | Africa: Burundi

Nairobi, July 25, 2023 ndash; In response to

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Started: 04-10-2024 | Ends: 31-12-2024