Evariste Ndayishimiye is due to be sworn in as Burundi's new president Thursday at the Ingoma stadium in the capital city, Gitegay, a week after the s...
As Burundi enters a period of mourning for President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died Monday, his leadership during the coronavirus pandemic is being scrut...
A top court in Burundi has ruled that President-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye be sworn in as soon as possible following the unexpected demise of his pre...
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday directed that Kenyan flags and the Flag of the East African Community be flown at half-mast at all Public Buildings...
Burundi's First Lady Denise Nkurunziza has returned home from Kenya where she had been hospitalised for almost a fortnight. Local media reported th...
President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence to the family of the late Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and the citizens of the East A...
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has died aged 55 years. Reports indicate that he died at the Karusi Fiftieth Anniversary Hospital following a c...
Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza, Burundi's First Lady is currently admitted at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi after she reportedly contracted the ...
Three schoolgirls who were detained in Burundi for doodling on a picture of the President have been expelled from school following their release from ...
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday called on Burundi to rescind its decision to suspend the U.S-funded Voice of America and ban the BBC and to allow...
Burundi will continue to block broadcasts from two international media organizations and expand restrictions on their operations, the government annou...
Burundi has forced the United Nations to shut its local human rights office after 23 years, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday....
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has distanced his Government from accusations that it had a role to play in the political challenges facing Burundi Pres...
Burundi has suspended some local and international non-governmental organisations for violating a new law and promoting same sex marriages. The su...
Burundi’s long-serving President Pierre Nkurunziza promised on Thursday to step down when his term ends in 2020, easing fears of fresh violence in t...
An official of Burundi's ruling party was sentenced to three years in jail for urging government supporters to throw opponents into a lake. Authori...
A Burundian court jailed a human rights activist for 32 years late on Thursday, Amnesty International said, criticizing what it called a wrongful conv...
Authorities in Burundi have arrested the head of an opposition party, members of his party have said. Aloys Baricako, president of National Gatheri...
Burundi said on Friday it will refuse to cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into war crimes prosecutors suspect were c...
All unmarried couples in Burundi now have less than two months to wed, failure to which they will face punishment that includes jail term. This is ...