Burundi says ICC probe legally “groundless”
BUJUMBURA – Burundi’s Attorney General Sylvestre Nyandwi on Saturday said an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into alleged crimes against humanity in Burundi...
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Burundi receives first batch of repatriated refugees from Tanzania
BUJUMBURA – Burundi on Thursday received the first batch of 301 refugees from Tanzania as part of some 12,000 refugees expected to return to Burundi...
Burundi rejects UN accusations of crimes against humanity
BUJUMBURA – Two plainclothes men threatened to break down her door, a young woman from Burundi told Deutsche Welle. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous,...
76 illegal immigrants from Ethiopia, Burundi and their 5 Malawian drivers arrested
The Immigration Department has bursted on 75 Ethiopians and one Burundian for illegal entry and five Malawian drivers for aiding them into the country. Confirming the...
Burundi: Criminal Rate Slightly Increased in August, Say Police
BUJUMBURA – The Ministry of Public security reported that the security situation was generally good throughout the country in August. Pierre Nkurikiye, the spokesperson for the...
Burundi president warns peers against fueling violence in the region
BUJUMBURA – The President of the republic of Burundi Pierre Nkrunziza has appealed to East African Community member states to refrain from provoking one another...
Tanzania urges UN to repatriate over 8,000 Burundi refugees
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania’s government is urging the United Nations refugee agency to quickly repatriate thousands of Burundian refugees who it says want to return...
Burundi sends over 1,800 soldiers to Somalia’s peacekeeping mission
BUJUMBURA – A total of 1,819 Burundian troops of the 44th and 45th battalions have started to replace the 38th and 39th battalions serving in...
Burundi massacre victim rebuilds life through sport
Jean-Baptiste Alaize is known as the ‘Lion’ not for his considerable para athletics achievements but for surviving horrific wounds sustained in Burundi at the outset...
Nkurunziza focuses on 2020 elections, starts raising funds
Two years into his third term, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is focusing on the 2020 general elections, asking Burundians to raise funds for the elections....
