Burundi votes for a new parliament on Thursday but with little risk of an upset after the main opposition was effectively barred from running. The government then passed new rules that effectively ...

Six people accused of witchcraft were killed, burned alive, stoned or beaten by a militia in Burundi, a local official told AFP on Wednesday. The official and witnesses, who all asked for ...

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye in late December accused Rwanda of hosting and training Red Tabara after a separate attack in which the government said at least 20 people had been killed.

Burundi's budget will rise 15.9% to 4.4 trillion Burundi francs ($1.5 billion) in the 2024/25 financial year starting in July, largely because of the unfreezing of civil servants' salary bonuses, ...

Burundi marked a significant milestone on July 1, 2025, celebrating the 63rd anniversary of its independence from Belgian colonial rule. The East African nation gained sovereignty on July 1, ...

Burundi is heading to the polls in a tightly controlled vote expected to favor the ruling party. The opposition has been blocked as the country faces deepening economic crisis.

Burundi, where about 10% of the population has access to electricity, will see the expansion of its power-distribution grid from next year, boosted by $1.4 billion of funding from international ...

Voters in Burundi are heading to the polls amid a backdrop of surging inflation, fuel shortages and complaints of political repression. Seats in the National Assembly and local councils are up for ...

Burundi's long-term ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, won every seat in the country's parliamentary elections, the electoral commission said Wednesday. Opposition parties said the vote was rigged and ...

Burundi's ruling party – which has been in power since 2005 – won all the seats in the 5 June legislative elections the country's electoral commission announced, as government opponents ...

Burundi's parliament on Wednesday approved the appointment of a new prime minister after President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned last week of a possible coup plot against him.

Burundi, a former German colony, faces poverty and economic crisis. The country, already one of the poorest in the world, is grappling with widespread shortages, soaring inflation—reportedly ...