The desperate cross-border flight of Burundians seeking asylum in Kenya scarcely registered as a warning sign for most Kenyan companies operating in the tiny, landlocked nation. So, even as they ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Amisia Aleko, who lives in the poorest area of the main city of the world’s poorest country, smiles when ...
At its 60th session (8 Sep­tem­ber-8 October 2025), it should extend the mandate of the Spe­cial Rap­porteur on the situ­ation of human rights in Burundi. 2025 marks ten years since the outbreak of ...
The railway promises to ease transport, open new investment opportunities and strengthen economic ties between the two nations. Credit: Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency. Tanzania ...
Much of Burundi has been living without electricity since Monday, with the capital Bujumbura paralysed, as the country also experiences fuel shortages, AFP learned Friday from multiple sources. The ...
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 anonymity, ...
Burundi has just elected its new parliament. Among the key challenges incoming lawmakers will have face are economic issues. After years of isolation, the country is now battling chronic shortages, a ...
Burundi's parliamentary elections are underway, shadowed by concerns over fairness. The ruling CNDD-FDD party is heavily favored after the main opposition, CNL, faced significant obstacles, including ...
The impoverished, landlocked country in east Africa has seen decades of ethnic violence, civil war and authoritarian rule. A former rebel group, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy - ...
Burundi is holding elections for the National Assembly and local councils that have excluded the main opposition in one of the world’s poorest nations. Agathon Rwasa, whose faction was blocked from ...
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. Voters in Burundi went ...
With support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), National Red Cross Societies in the DRC, ...