The Latest Breaking News from Burundi

Samuel Eto'o tears into Cameroon stars in impassioned dressing room speech despite win

The former Barcelona and Chelsea striker did not pull any punches in his post-match dressing room speech despite Cameroon having managed to earn victory against Burundi on Thursday evening

Daily Mirror · Jun 11, 2022

World's 'Most Neglected' Refugee Crises All in Africa, Says NGO

The world is paying too little attention to a slew of mass displacements of people across Africa, risking starvation deaths and prolonging conflicts, the Norwegian Refugee Council warned in a report published Wednesday. "With the all-absorbing war in Europe's Ukraine, I fear African suffering will be pushed further into the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 1, 2022

HRW decries ‘serious human rights violations’ in Burundi

The rights group says authorities have responded to attacks nationwide with a heavy-handed approach.

Al Jazeera · May 18, 2022

Man who saved 1,200 people during Rwanda genocide wrongly convicted of terrorism

Paul Rusesabagina is serving 25 years for 'terrorism offences', with his family saying he was kidnapped while on a flight from Dubai to Burundi and given an unfair trial

Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2022

Burundi: Rickshaws, motorcycle taxis and bicycle cabs banned in Bujumbura

Citing safety concerns, Burundi bans rickshaws, commercial motorcycle taxis and bicycle cabs in Bujumbura, the country's biggest city. Drivers say the move will put thousands out of work. Also, Uganda's only licensed cannabis farm grows only for export, as use of its crop remains illegal in the country. But there…

France 24 · Apr 11, 2022

East African Community expands with the recent addition of DRC

The East African Community’s (EAC) membership has grown to seven with the official admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo as a new member. The other members are Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 6, 2022

DRC is set to become 7th member of the east Africa trading bloc: what's in it for everyone

Shortly after his controversial electoral victory in early 2019, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi sought to get his country admitted into the East African Community. Recently, the East African Community ministers recommended the DRC’s admission, a decision set to be formalised by the bloc’s…

The Conversation · Mar 23, 2022

Water security in Africa 'unacceptably low', UN warns

In tonight's edition: Heads of states, scientists and campaigners head to Dakar for the World Water Forum as the UN warns that water security across the continent is dangerously low. Also, high seas protection talks fail to reach a deal. The failure comes at the expense of poorer nations and…

France 24 · Mar 21, 2022

Rwanda has reopened the border with Uganda but distrust could close it again

Rwanda has now fully reopened the Gatuna border with Uganda, ending a three-year impasse on the Northern Corridor, one of East Africa’s key transport arteries that funnels goods from the Indian Ocean seaport of Mombasa to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda abruptly closed the border in…

The Conversation · Mar 10, 2022

Free of sanctions, Burundi can start to recover and rebuild

Since 2015, crippling sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) and the US have held back the economy of Burundi, a landlocked country of 12.5 million people in east Africa. The sanctions were imposed in response to the government’s violation of human rights as well as violence. We asked professor…

The Conversation · Feb 17, 2022