The fall of Uvira town to M23 has heightened tensions between Rwanda and DRC-Burundi coalition, raising fears of regional war ...

The African Union (AU) has pulled back from its plan to impose a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force on Burundi. The AU proposed in December to deploy the peacekeeping force with a mandate to protect ...

Foreign affairs minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has refuted Burundi's claims that Rwanda is planning to attack Bujumbura, arguing instead that it is Burundi's actions that pose a direct threat to Rwanda ...

Dr. Jennifer Furin is an infectious disease physician and lecturer at Harvard Medical School with more than 30 years of experience responding to global outbreaks. Dr. Nesar Hamraz is an infectious ...

If you would like to donate to the program, go to the WSU 4-H Foundation website. If you would like to help with the project, contact Pat Munts at [email protected] My introduction to Burundi, ...

© President Pierre Nkurunziza arrives to inaugurate Burundi’s Chinese-built state house on September 27, 2019. (Photo by ONESPHORE NibigIra/AFP via Getty Images ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi -- Burundian National Defense Forces and the U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 worked together Dec. 10 as the African partners prepared to ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi—Burundi’s president said a proposed African Union peacekeeping force for his country is unacceptable and will be fought as hostile invaders. In an address to the nation Wednesday, ...

Since January 2024, Burundi has been experiencing a slow-moving yet profound economic crisis, born from a cascade of political decisions that have transformed this landlocked Great Lakes nation into ...

Seconde Nimenya worries every day about her family back in Burundi. She’s an author living in Seattle. But her brother Cyriaque is stuck in his home in Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital, with his wife, ...

The African Union is planning to send 5,000 peacekeepers to protect civilians in strife-torn Burundi and has given the government there 96 hours to respond to the proposed mission, officials said ...