In the end of 2006, more than 75 percent of detained children in Burundi were awaiting trial, many after months or even years of pre-trial detention. Some have been tortured to obtain confession.

At least three schoolchildren died in a lightning strike that hit Kiziba Basic School on Thursday afternoon in Musigati district in western Burundi, a local source told Xinhua on Friday. "The total ...

Moreover, the country currently struggles to host some 200,000 refugees from neighboring Burundi. Children represent 51% of Tanzania’s population. But only 16% of children are currently registered at ...