Although Burundi has experienced chronic instability of late, this mass grave is not connected to recent events. Not directly, anyway – although modern Burundi continues to be haunted by the ghosts of ...

Burundi's parliament has appointed a new human rights commission with a mandate to counter the UN's rights envoy, following the exile of the previous head who criticized the government.

In Burundi, journalists must choose between silence and exile, as the government wages an unrelenting campaign to crush independent media.

In January 2023, Floriane Irangabiye, a presenter on the online radio station Igicaniro, was fined BIF one million (USD 338) and sentenced to ten years in prison for “undermining the integrity of the ...

The president of Burundi has claimed that neighbouring Rwanda is planning to foment a conflict in his country, warning that it is backing a rebel group in an effort to destabilise its neighbour ...

Can Burundi afford to pull its troops out of Somalia? Withdrawing from the AU peace mission in Somalia could have significant consequences for Burundi.

A new Amnesty report claims that Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye is governing with a "wave of repression" despite signs he was seeking to “loosen the stranglehold” over civil society ...

After two of its reporters were attacked, Iwacu Press Group received a warning letter June 6 from Burundi’s media regulator CNC, accusing the outlet of professional failings in recent political ...

Burundian authorities must desist from intimidating the independent news outlet Iwacu Press Group and swiftly investigate recent police attacks on two of the outlet's journalists, the Committee to ...

Relations between Burundi and Rwanda have been frosty for years. The border between the two nations, which reopened two years ago, has been closed again amid renewed tension. Some analysts now ...

Rebel attack in western Burundi kills at least 20 It is the second attack in two weeks by the RED-Tabara rebels, who have been largely inactive inside Burundi since 2021.