Burundi closes its land borders with neighboring Rwanda indefinitely
Nothing goes well between Gitega and Kigali… Burundi announced mid-afternoon on Thursday January 11 that it was closing all its land borders with Rwanda, according […]
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Former Burundian Prime minister faces life sentence
A life sentence was requested on Thursday November 09 against Burundi’s former all-powerful Prime Minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, accused of wanting to “overthrow the constitutional regime”, […]
Burundi: 24 people arrested for alleged “homosexual practices
Burundian authorities recently arrested 24 people for “homosexual practices,” a judicial source and a human rights activist said. The arrests took place on February 23 […]
Burundi: Dozens killed and injured in prison fire in the capital
Thirty-eight people were killed and 69 seriously injured in a fire that ravaged the central prison in the capital Gitega on Tuesday morning, Vice President […]
Burundi celebrated first edition of the ‘National day of patriotism’ and commemoration of the death of Pierre Nkurunziza
The day is a paid day off, as June 8 is now the national day of patriotism and commemoration of the death of Pierre Nkurunziza […]