Burundi: 1 killed, 4 injured in grenade attack
BUJUMBURA, Burundi – One person was killed and four others injured in a grenade attack in the capital of Burundi, police said on Wednesday. “Last night,...
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UN alarmed at killings in Burundi and threatens sanctions
The UN Security Council expressed alarm on Wednesday over reports of torture and extrajudicial killings in Burundi and about an increasing number of refugees who...
Tanzania president under fire for urging refugees to return to ‘stable’ Burundi
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania’s president, John Magufuli, has drawn fierce criticism from activists after urging thousands of Burundian refugees to return to their home...
Comesa refuses to hold summit in Burundi
BUJUMBURA – The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) withdrew Burundi’s right to host the summit of heads of member states scheduled for...
Burundi’s exiles call world’s attention to deadly crisis
KIGALI — Burundi-born Eric Ndayisenga and his friends in exile religiously listen to a radio station that urges liberation from the deadly political violence back...
Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Competition
US police were searching on Thursday for six African teenagers who were reported missing from an international robotics competition in Washington. Two of them were said...
Tanzanian leader urges Burundian exiles to go home
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Thursday called on Burundians who have fled their country to return home, after talks with President...
Burundi on the brink: looking back on two years of terror
A new report by FIDH and its partner organisations in Burundi draws a troubling picture of the situation in the country today, more than two years after...
Fear of further grenade attacks in Burundian village
Two attacks have been perpetrated in Bwiza neighborhood in central Bujumbura, injuring dozens of people just within one week, different sources say. Fear haunts the...
Burundi: Expired and Fake Drugs Seized in Bujumbura
The police discovered a large quantity of expired and fake drugs in the capital on 8 June. The police seized the drugs from a private...
