News Burundi: Burundi and Mali regimes use a common tactic to stay in power: blame an external enemy
The alliance brings together Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. It is currently chaired by Mali’s leader, Ibrahim Traoré. The three states withdrew from African Union bodies in January 2025. During his ...
News Burundi: Burundi’s return to the international fold
Since his inauguration in 2020, President Évariste Ndayishimiye has introduced a raft of foreign and domestic policy reforms to salvage Burundi’s international reputation and restore economic ...
News Burundi: Burundi draws on China’s poverty alleviation experience, learns from its modern agricultural, industrial technologies: envoy
Liu Xianfa, the Special Representative of the Chinese Government on African Affairs (right), Lydia Nsekera, Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture of Burundi (center), and Telesphore Irambona, Burundi ...
News Burundi: How Burundi's New Hydropower Capacity Could Reshape Its Economy, Industry, and Energy Future
Burundi's completion of the Jiji-Mulembwe hydropower programme significantly expands renewable electricity capacity, creating opportunities for industrial growth, private investment, and improved energy security. Its long-term success will depend on stronger grid infrastructure, supportive policies, and the country's ability to convert reliable power into sustainable economic development and jobs.
News Burundi: Burundi troops deploy in eastern DRC's Uvira as M23 rebels close in
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are present around the town of Kamanyola, some 75 km north of Uvira, which sits near Bujumbura, the economic capital of Burundi.
News Burundi: Rights group concerned about Burundi’s ‘secret’ mission in DRC
The Burundi government has been sending its forces and members of the ruling civilian youth party in a clandestine mission to fight Burundian armed opposition groups in the neighbouring Democratic ...
News Burundi: African Tourism Board Brings Peace to Burundi
The tourism and hospitality sector is currently emerging as the key driver for peace in Burundi and its neighboring states after heinous years of hostility between Burundi citizens and their neighbors ...
News Burundi: Burundi: Young People and Women become a Driving Force of Social Cohesion
Evelyne Ndikumana is a 37-year-old Burundian artist and painter who transforms recycled paper into jewelry and paints postcards. She has been in this line of work for 15 years. In March 2021, she ...
News Burundi: Burundi's president says gay people should be stoned
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 jail terms of up to two years if convicted of same-sex offences. "If you want to attract a curse to the country, accept homosexuality," Ndayishimiye said in a question and answer session with journalists and the public held in Burundi's east on Friday. Uganda passed a law in May that carries the death se
News Burundi: Burundi's Free Health Care Saves Lives, Faces Fight
The chance of dying during childbirth is far higher in Africa than in industrialized nations. But for pregnant women in the tiny central African country of Burundi, that danger eased this year when the government began offering free medical care.
News Burundi: No Reprieve in Burundi
Good news met bad yesterday in Burundi, as the lawyer Tony Germain Nkina continued to be held in prison despite his recent acquittal, meaning his detention is now illegal. Nkina, a lawyer who ...
News Burundi: Burundi: Children Receive Triple Protection Against Malaria in Cibitoke
Malaria is a major public health issue in Burundi. In this country of around 14 million people, several million cases are reported each year. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 1,800 malaria-related deaths were recorded in 2023, mainly among children under the age of five.1
News Burundi: Burundi's president says homosexuality 'imported from the West', calls for stoning gays
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 jail ...
News Burundi: Burundi on the brink: It’s a Jewish Issue
Burundi is a small African country just about the size of Israel that is in danger of descending into a maelstrom of violence and murder. Hundreds have already been shot to death in the capital city, ...
News Burundi: Congolese refugee influx tops 88,000 in Burundi, churches appeal for help
Tens of thousands of Congolese civilians have crossed into Burundi in recent weeks, fleeing a violent offensive by M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has overwhelmed border ...
News Burundi: Japan Donates US$625,000 to WFP for Urgent Food Aid to DRC Refugees in Burundi
With the sudden surge in displaced populations, WFP is now supporting twice as many refugees as before, straining already limited resources.
News Burundi: Burundi army defections show dangerous ethnic divisions
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — As conflict in Burundi escalates along the same ethnic lines that fueled genocide in neighboring Rwanda, Burundi’s president on Wednesday warned the world to stay out, threatening to attack any peacekeepers dispatched by regional countries. In a public address, President Pierre Nkurunziza said a proposed African Union peacekeeping force would violate […]
News Burundi: Thousands fleeing DR Congo violence face 'dire conditions' in Burundi - aid agencies
Meanwhile, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says it is increasing its life-saving aid to over 210,000 of the most vulnerable people displaced by the DR Congo violence. It notes that about half a ...
