(New York) – The United Nations Security Council should continue to monitor the worrying human rights situation in Burundi with a particular focus on ongoing violations and accountability, Human ...

(Nairobi) – Burundian authorities should drop baseless charges and release eight former Burundian refugees who were forcibly returned from Tanzania in August 2020. On February 26, 2021, the Muha High ...

The UN report claimed Thursday that human rights violations are still widespread and remain unpunished in Burundi, despite the new government. The Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, which drafted the ...

Nkurunziza's third-term run and victory plunged the central African nation into turmoil, with more than 500 killed in ensuing unrest. "As we are in a state governed by law and if the people say they ...

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 20, 2020 file photo, Burundians queue to cast their votes in the presidential election, in Giheta, Gitega province, Burundi. A new report released Thursday, Sept. 17, ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Burundi is at risk of a new wave of atrocities as it approaches a 2020 election with an unresolved political crisis and a president who is increasingly portrayed as a "divine" ruler ...

Burundi, which marked 60 years of independence on 1 July 2022, ranks as the poorest country on the planet in terms of GDP per capita. This must be understood in the light of a history punctuated by ...

Burundians queue to cast their votes in the presidential election, in Giheta, Gitega province, Burundi Wednesday, May 20, 2020 ...

“Since my return, I have had a roof over my head,” said Helena Ntakirabutimana, who came back to Burundi in 2020. “But without land to cultivate, I have difficulty finding food every day.” The 72-year ...

Burundi’s tea agency will invest some 50 billion francs ($25.7 million) to boost production on state-owned farms and marketing with a view to tripling output within a decade. The East African state ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Burundi is at risk of a new wave of atrocities as it approaches a 2020 election with an unresolved political crisis and a president increasingly portrayed as a "divine" ruler, U.N.