Burundi president sacks PM after warning of coup plot
Nairobi – Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye sacked his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level purge Wednesday... Read more
7 Sep, 2022
Rwandan singer Melodie arrested in Burundi for fraud
Nairobi – Leading Rwandan singer Bruce Melodie has been arrested in Burundi on fraud allegations, shortly after arriving in... Read more
2 Sep, 2022
Congolese split over Burundi troops in troubled east
Bukavu – The deployment of Burundian troops to help quell rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
Burundi secretly sent troops to DRC, rights group says
Nairobi – Burundi has secretly sent hundreds of troops and members of a youth militia into neighbouring Democratic Republic... Read more
27 Jul, 2022
‘Like a family’: exercise clubs build unity in Burundi
Bujumbura – It’s a Tuesday in Burundi’s biggest city, and like every week just before sundown, crowds young and... Read more
27 May, 2022
Burundi says ready for ‘dialogue’ with rebels in DRC
Nairobi – Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye says he is ready “to dialogue” with Burundian rebels operating in the neighbouring Democratic... Read more
12 May, 2022
Burundi says 10 Burundian peacekeepers killed in Al-Shabaab jihadists attack on AU base in Somalia
Burundi – Ten Burundian peacekeepers were killed in a ferocious attack by Al-Shabaab jihadists on an African Union base... Read more
5 May, 2022
50 years on, the ghost of the 1972 Hutu killings haunts Burundi
Burundi – She is 60 years old, but Laetitia Ngendakumana still cries like the 10-year-old girl she was in... Read more
4 May, 2022
Burundi rapper jailed over video flouting ‘good morals’
Nairobi – Burundian rapper Olegue Baraka has been imprisoned for flouting “good morals” following the release of a promotional... Read more
28 Apr, 2022
‘Tanganyika is vomiting’: Burundians flee as lake rises
Gatumba – In her 40 years living by the water’s edge, Amissa Irakoze never much feared Lake Tanganyika. Floods... Read more
20 Apr, 2022
