Since Burundi accused Rwanda of backing a coup attempt against it in 2015, relations between the two countries have been rocky. Most of the Burundian military and political actors suspected of ...

Burundi experienced decades of ethnic violence and civil war up to 2005. Under a peace agreement signed in 2000, seats in the parliament are split 60-40 between the two ethnic groups, Hutu and Tutsi.

Burundi experienced decades of ethnic violence and civil war up to 2005. Under a peace agreement signed in 2000, seats in the parliament are split 60-40 between the two ethnic groups, Hutu and Tutsi.

Burundi's ruling party seeks to tighten grip on power 4 June 2025 Reuters The governing CNDD-FDD party has been in power for 20 years ...

General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the afternoon of April 4 welcomed President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye during his official visit to Vietnam, a move expected to ...

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.

In 2023, Burundi sent hundreds of soldiers to fight the M23 rebellion in North Kivu alongside the Congolese army and allied local armed groups. Burundi’s military presence in the DRC comprises at ...

Relevant questions on the presentation: “Burundi's Accession Process to OHADA” By Abdoul Mtoka, Founding Partner at Africase Attorneys Conference on Perspectives of OHADA Expansion, Université Jean ...

The Burundian Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) on Tuesday announced the timetable for the country's 2025 legislative, district and village-based elections.

The Central Bank of Burundi made the change in March, when it set the policy rate at 12% as part of reforms to unlock disbursements under a $271 million, 38-month International Monetary Fund ...

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.