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U.N. DISCOVERS THAT SOME PEACEKEEPERS HAVE DISTURBING PASTS
But Burundian human rights groups have expressed concern that the funds are benefiting the financially troubled government... READ MORE›
BURUNDIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BEGINS AFTER NIGHT OF VIOLENCE
Every major opposition party in this impoverished African nation has boycotted the election... READ MORE›
VOICES FROM BURUNDI SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES
Ms. Nivyabandi also fled Burundi in 1993, when civil war erupted after soldiers from the country's Tutsi minority assassinated the first president elected from the Hutu majority... READ MORE›
EMMANUEL NIYONKURU SHOT DEAD IN BUJUMBURA
Burundi's environment minister, Emmanuel Niyonkuru has been shot dead by unknown assailants in the capital Bujumbura, police said... READ MORE›
BURUNDI HOLDS ELECTIONS AFTER NIGHT OF GUNFIRE
At a half-dozen polling stations, only a trickle of people were seen voting, pressing an ink-stained thumb on a ballot... READ MORE›
IN BURUNDI PRESIDENT PIERRE NKURUNZIZAS PUSH FOR POWER IS MARKED BY BLOODSHED
Despite being sentenced to death in absentia for abuses by a Burundian court, Mr. Nkurunziza indeed went on to become president after the war ended... READ MORE›
WIFE CRASHES HER OWN FUNERAL, SURPRISING HUSBAND WHO HAD PAID TO HAVE HER KILLED
Since Kalala already knew English, their social worker often recruited him to translate for Rukundo, who spoke Swahili... READ MORE›
BURUNDI EYES RWANDA WITH SUSPICION
Instead, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda said Mr. Nkurunziza should not run again because he had failed his people, a remark that angered Burundian officials... READ MORE›
BELGIUM AND EU ACT OVER 'RISING RISK'
Belgium says those among about 500 Belgians in the country whose presence is not essential should leave... READ MORE›
FEAR STALKS BURUNDI AS BESIEGED REGIME TURNS TO TORTURE
Victims say president Pierre Nkurunziza is trying to turn Hutus against Tutsis as protests continue against government... READ MORE›
RWANDAN PRESIDENT URGES BURUNDI NOT TO REPEAT GENOCIDE
Paul Kagame says president of neighbouring Burundi should have learned the lessons of 1994 Rwandan genocide of Tutsi and moderate Hutu... READ MORE›
BURUNDI ELECTIONS: PIERRE NKURUNZIZA SET TO WIN DISPUTED THIRD TERM AS PRESIDENT
One candidate, Agathon Rwasa, said Nkurunziza's unconstitutional third term would lead to the self-imposed political isolation of Burundi ... READ MORE›
WOMAN TURNS UP AT HER OWN FUNERAL AND SHOCKS THE HUSBAND WHO PAID TO KILL HER
Balenga Kalala and Noela Rukundo on their wedding day He told me I'd been stupid because my husband paid them the deposit in November... READ MORE›
BURUNDI PRESIDENT PRESSES ON IN DISPUTED RE-ELECTION EFFORT
Nkurunziza's decision was a violation of the Arusha peace accords, which ended more than a decade of war that left about 300,000 Burundians dead... READ MORE›
FOREIGN JOURNALISTS AMONG 17 ARRESTED IN BURUNDI SWOOP
At least 17 people, including two foreign journalists, have been arrested in a late night police raid in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, a presidential spokesperson said... READ MORE›
BURUNDI'S DE FACTO INTERNAL SECURITY CHIEF KILLED IN ROCKET ATTACK ON CAR
Gen Adolphe Nshimirimana was widely seen as the crisis-hit central African nation's de facto internal security chief and even considered the regime's No 2... READ MORE›
ASSASSINATION IN BURUNDI BRINGS A VOW OF VENGEANCE
President Pierre Nkurunziza called the killing an assassination and said on Twitter Condolences to the family and to all Burundians... READ MORE›
BURUNDI CIVIL WAR FEARS AS PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF CAMPAIGN OF MURDER
As president Pierre Nkurunziza continues to cling to power, Amnesty International has documented arbitrary arrests, disappearances and deaths... READ MORE›
BURUNDI GOES TO THE POLLS IN DISPUTED ELECTION AFTER NIGHT OF VIOLENCE
President Pierre Nkurunziza casually casts his vote as he bids for a third term in office, while opposition candidates boycott ballot... READ MORE›
'DON'T FILM ME' VOTERS TELL REPORTERS AS THEY WASH OFF INK AFTER CASTING VOTE
Burundi elections 'Don't film me' voters tell reporters as they wash off ink after casting vote... READ MORE›
BURUNDI PRESIDENT CONDEMNS KILLING OF TOP ARMY GENERAL
Kararuza previously worked as a deputy commander of an international peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic... READ MORE›
TEENS DETAINED FOR DEFACING BURUNDI PRESIDENT PHOTO
Insulting the president carries a potential jail term of five to 10 years, according to Burundi's penal code... READ MORE›
BURUNDI RIVALS AGREE TO HOLD TALKS TO END CRISIS
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and opposition politicians have agreed to hold talks to end a 10-month-old crisis, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said... READ MORE›
BIGGEST NEWS YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND
Alabama's Derrick Henry wins Heisman Trophy Derrick Henry of Alabama won college football's most coveted prize when he took home the Heisman Trophy Saturday night... READ MORE›
BURUNDI ROBOTICS TEENS LIKELY MEANT TO VANISH
The competition's webpage on Team Burundi says team members were selected from schools in Bujumbura, the capital city... READ MORE›
DESPITE GENOCIDE WARNINGS BURUNDI SAYS IT IS NOT IN FLAMES
UNITED NATIONS - Burundi is not in flames, its foreign minister said Monday, dismissing international concerns that his country is at risk of a Rwanda-like genocide... READ MORE›
'ALARM SIGNALS ARE FLASHING RED': UN CITES GANG RAPES, TORTURE, MASS GRAVES IN BURUNDI
The office of UN rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein's said in Geneva on Friday that 432 people have been killed in violence since April 26... READ MORE›
BLASTS, GUNFIRE ROCK BURUNDI PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AS OFFICIALS KILLED
Blasts gunfire rock burundi presidential election as officials killed... READ MORE›
NERVOUS BURUNDIANS FEAR RECENT QUAKE PORTENDS ANOTHER WAR
I still have memories of the civil war said Diane a 23-year-old shopkeeper who sells clothes and trinkets in the capital Bujumbura... READ MORE›
UN DOCUMENTS SEXUAL VIOLENCE FROM SECURITY FORCES IN BURUNDI
The United Nations says security forces in the East African nation of Burundi have been gang raping women during searches of homes... READ MORE›