IN what remains of a cemetery, at what used to be the edge of Bujumbura, the living displace the dead. Burundi’s largest city is growing so fast that people have built homes where once there were ...

Some 80,000 people who poured into Burundi to escape the militant advance launched in early December are now facing chaotic conditions in refugee camps that are lacking aid, the worker said. "The ...

Tens of thousands of Congolese have fled to neighbouring Burundi following an offensive by the M23 rebel group in early December. To deal with the influx of refugees, the Burundian government ...

UN Says Burundi Overwhelmed as Tens of Thousands Flee Congo Violence By Emma Farge and Clement Manirabarusha GENEVA/BUJUMBURA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Conflict ‌in Congo has sent over 84,000 ‌refugees ...

More than 84,000 people have fled to Burundi from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid a Rwanda-backed rebel offensive near the countries’ shared border, according to the latest ...

At its 60th session (8 Sep­tem­ber-8 October 2025), it should extend the mandate of the Spe­cial Rap­porteur on the situ­ation of human rights in Burundi. 2025 marks ten years since the outbreak of ...

The railway promises to ease transport, open new investment opportunities and strengthen economic ties between the two nations. Credit: Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency. Tanzania ...

Burundi is holding elections for the National Assembly and local councils that have excluded the main opposition in one of the world’s poorest nations. Agathon Rwasa, whose faction was blocked from ...

In Burundi, journalists must choose between silence and exile, as the government wages an unrelenting campaign to crush independent media. This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org ...

This article is published in the context of the climate justice in Africa series. Forests play a crucial role in the fight against climate change by absorbing greenhouse gases, which are a contributor ...