The Latest Breaking News from Burundi

The 2026 African Union Summit is being held this weekend in Addis Ababa, with Angola handing the rotating chair to Burundi. The bloc is facing challenges including mounting conflicts, insecurity in the Sahel, strained ties with Washington and internal strife, while this year’s summit theme of water highlights the damage…

Thousands who fled the advance of M23 rebels now face the threat of disease and shortages in Burundi’s overcrowded refugee camps

In Burundi's financial capital, the homes of its 1.2m residents are being swallowed by flooding.

The former West Brom forward was born in civil war-hit Burundi before moving to the UK

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 decried what they say was a rigged ballot.

Teenage pregnancy rates remain high across many parts of the developing world: In Africa, on average, about one in ten girls between the ages of 15 and 19 has already given birth. These early pregnancies often come with serious consequences for young mothers and their children. They are linked to…

Hungary would be the third country to withdraw from the Rome Statute, following Burundi and the Philippines.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battle pro-government fighters in North Kivu and South Kivu province after truce talks.

Rwanda has rejected Ndayishimiye's words as "surprising" and said there was no plan to spark conflict in Burundi.