Burundi’s journalists and human rights defenders have had a rough year. A relentless government crackdown has forced almost all of them to flee the country. The assault has been overwhelming: ...
April 2015 marked the start of a political and human rights crisis in Burundi that has claimed several hundred lives. In late April 2015 public demonstrations broke out in response to the late ...
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, ...
Burundi’s government has been urged by the the African Union to allow peacekeepers into the country as the move was not part of any “other agenda”. Chairperson of the AU Commission Nkosazana ...
Voters in Burundi have overwhelmingly backed reforms that would allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to stay in power until 2034. The president's 2015 bid to seek a third term in office plunged the ...
Burundi’s opposition has come together for the first time with the stated aim of using force to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza, a rebel leader said on Wednesday. The rebels have called themselves ...
President Nkurunziza and US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power. AP Press Association Images/STR. All rights reserved.“I have lived in Burundi for 60 years, but I ...
On October 18, 2016, President Pierre Nkurunziza signed legislation calling for Burundi’s withdrawal from the ICC. Burundi’s government claimed the court is an instrument of powerful countries used to ...
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