News Burundi: Burundi's ruling party wins all seats in parliamentary vote as opposition cries foul
Burundi's long-term ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, won every seat in the country's parliamentary elections, the electoral commission said Wednesday. Opposition parties said the vote was rigged and observers…
News Burundi: Burundi: Ubwicanyi ku miduga yatezwe i Muramvya, umunani ‘bishwe n’abasuma’
Abantu umunani baraye bishwe mu gitero c'abasuma bitwaje ibirwanisho mu ntara ya Muramvya, nk'uko bimenyeshwa n'ubushikiranganji bw'intwaro yo hagati, umutekano n'iterambere. Buvuga ko hari ...
News Burundi: Why history will judge Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza harshly
Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundi’s football-loving president and self-proclaimed pastor, has died at the age of 55. By all accounts this was death most cruel. He was soon to hand over power to his ...
News Burundi: Former Burundi Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni arrested
Burundi’s former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni has been arrested, the country’s justice ministry has said. Bunyoni was prime minister from June 2020 to September 2022, when he was sacked ...
News Burundi: Burundi’s quota for women in politics has had mixed results, but that’s no reason to scrap it
Since 2005, Burundi has set quotas to ensure that the country’s three ethnic groups (Hutu, Tutsi and Twa), as well as women, are represented in its parliament, central government and municipal ...
News Burundi: Burundi Struggles To Implement Free Primary Education
The tiny African Great Lakes nation of Burundi is the latest on the continent to institute free primary school education, which began last September following more than a dozen years of civil war. The ...
News Burundi: A melodic greeting between women in Burundi is at risk of being lost
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
News Burundi: An official in Burundi says rebels kill 9 people and accuses Rwanda of backing the group
NAIROBI, Kenya — An official in Burundi says nine people have been killed in an attack by rebels opposed to his government and again accuses neighboring Rwanda of supporting the armed group. Government spokesman Jérôme Niyonzima described a “cowardly attack” by assailants with rifles in western Bubanza province Sunday night. He said six women and a soldier […]
News Burundi: Burundi Government: President Nkurunziza Dies of Heart Attack
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has died after suffering what the government said was a heart attack, two months before he was scheduled to leave office. Nkurunziza died at the Karusi Hospital ...
News Burundi: Burundi Government Open to Dialogue With All Burundians
Burundi’s government says it is ready for dialogue with all Burundians in and outside the country. This follows calls last week by the United Nations and the African Union for an all-inclusive ...
News Burundi: Burundi: la prison de Muramvya devient un lieu de rassemblement
Au Burundi, le directeur de la Radio publique africaine (RPA), Bob Rugurika est en prison depuis le 20 janvier. Il a été emprisonné notamment pour complicité d’assassinat de trois religieuses en septembre…
News Burundi: Teza Tea Plantations Burundi
Teza Tea Plantations are Burundis oldest and most scenic tea estate, located in the mountainous Muramvya Province near the edge of the Kibira National Forest.Quick FactsLocation: Muramvya Province, central Burundi (about a 2.5-hour drive from Bujumbura).Altitude: Over 4,500 to 7,000 feet
News Burundi: Burundi puts its heritage on show at Expo 2023 pavilion
Burundi's pavilion at Horticultural Expo 2023 Doha embodies the identity of the country located in Eastern Africa, with its rituals and traditions derived from its historical and geographical heritage ...
News Burundi: How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados
Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when it is time to sell their avocados. Just a year ago, farmers selling their avocados to the transporters earned 10 cents per kilogram (2.2 pounds), far less than the price for a small bottle of water. A major change in the trade is that payments in U.S. currency now go into the bank accounts of cooperatives that pay their members directly almost as soon as the avocado haulers leave.
News Burundi: In Burundi, shortages and power cuts slow a return from international isolation
Burundi seems to be running short of everything but patience. It’s never been easy in landlocked Burundi, which at times has been described as the world’s poorest country, according to United Nations figures. Power outages occur every day, often for more than two hours at a time, unusual even in a region where many governments struggle to meet electricity demand.
News Burundi: 10 Countries Where the Average Salary Is Under $50 a Month
It’s easy to talk about global inequality in the abstract, using phrases like “wage gap” or “developing economies” without ever landing on a real number. But numbers matter here, because the gap between a monthly paycheck in one part of the world and another can be more than a hundredfold. In a handful of nations, ...
News Burundi: Uganda and Burundi military officials visit Israel to discuss Gaza troop deployment
Officials say military officials from Uganda and Burundi have visited Israel to discuss deploying troops to Gaza.
News Burundi: Burundi refugees talk about life in South Africa after their long journey: hope and heartbreak side by side
Over 250,000 people were registered as asylum seekers and refugees – people displaced by force – in South Africa in 2024. About 4% of them were from Burundi, some 3,000km away ...
