Highly controversial plans by Burundi's government to revise the constitution has threatened a delicate ethnic balance in a nation still healing after decades of conflict, opposition parties and civil ...

NAIROBI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Lionel fled Burundi last month after a tip off from a friendly police officer that he was on a "list", which opponents of President Pierre Nkurunziza say the intelligence ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The group stoking fear among many Burundians includes stick-wielding men who sing patriotic tunes. The youth wing of Burundi’s ruling party is also threatening and sometimes ...

NGOZI, Burundi (Reuters) - In the Burundian president's rural stronghold, his party's youth wing dismisses the fears of those who have fled the east African nation that it is gathering arms and ...

Burundi's government dismisses charges of ethnic violence, and says it adheres to ethnic quotas in government that were established by the peace deal that ended the 12-year civil war. "There needs to ...

A government commission which has exhumed the remains of more than 6,000 Burundians slaughtered in pogroms in 1972 is being accused of exploiting the sombre task for political gain and stoking ethnic ...

MURIZA, Burundi, October 2 (UNHCR) - A few years ago, Zita and Eusébie might have regarded each other as mortal enemies, but today they are learning to live together - and liking it. The two women, ...

The African nation is one of the poorest in the world. But it's driving out some aid groups that are offering help. Why Burundi Is Kicking Out Aid Groups For 26 years, Handicap International has not ...

A riot police officer speaks to residents participating in street protests against the decision made by Burundi's ruling National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of ...

RUGOMBO, Burundi, June 15 (UNHCR) - Nearly 17,000 refugees are now estimated to be in Burundi after fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UN refugee agency is ...