Last week, a mass grave was discovered in a village in central Burundi. Builders, breaking ground for a new school, uncovered the skeletal remains of more than 1 000 people who had been hastily buried ...

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.

This handful of cases, the publication bans, and the five-year censorship imposed on the news website Iwacu-burundi from 2017 to 2022 reflect the Burundian authorities’ determination to silence the ...

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 ...

Ndayishimiye also accused Rwanda of fomenting a failed coup in Burundi in 2015, but said he had no intention of going to war. "We don't have any plans to attack Rwanda," he said.

Burundi 's President Evariste Ndayishimiye continues to rule with an unrelenting "wave of repression" despite hopes of change when he took office four years ago, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Iwacu received a letter on June 6 from Burundi’s media regulator, known by its French acronym CNC, accusing the outlet of professional failings in recent political reporting, including imbalance and ...

Iwacu received a letter on June 6 from Burundi's media regulator, known by its French acronym CNC, accusing the outlet of professional failings in recent political reporting, including imbalance ...

Tensions that run deep "The border between Rwanda and Burundi was closed for a long time — between 2015 and 2022. It was seen as a breakthrough when the border was reopened in 2022. But, the ...

Life in Neighbouring Burundi has increasingly turned unbearable and economists fear that the economy of this isolated East African member state is heading for collapse. According to an independent ...

Gunmen have killed at least 20 people and wounded nine others near Burundi’s western border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an official has told reporters.