A landlocked country in East Africa, Burundi is a low-income economy, with 80% of the population employed in the agricultural sector. Located in the Great Lakes region, Burundi is surrounded by Rwanda ...

Republika Srpska in mid-March adopted a draft ... when Serbia allowed visa-free travel for citizens of countries such as Burundi, India, and Cuba. Brussels suggested that many of those individuals ...

Burundi's president has told the BBC he has seen "credible intelligence" that Rwanda plans to attack his country. Évariste Ndayishimiye also said that Rwanda had tried to launch a coup a decade ...

Burundi's president has told the BBC he has seen "credible intelligence" that Rwanda plans to attack his country. Évariste Ndayishimiye also said that Rwanda had tried to launch a coup a decade ...

Nduhungirehe said Rwanda will nevertheless remain committed to peace with Burundi and in the Great Lakes region but hopes for “a little calm and serenity” in official statements from the other ...

Now the prospects of a spillover into neighbouring Burundi is raising concerns. Nomsa Maseko was in Bujumbura to interview the Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiy. Filmed by Thuthuka.Zondi ...

President William Ruto faces mounting regional tensions as Burundi accuses Rwanda of plotting an attack and South Sudan alleges Uganda violated a UN arms embargo, testing his leadership of the East ...

The president of Burundi has claimed that neighbouring Rwanda is planning to foment a conflict in his country, warning that it is backing a rebel group in an effort to destabilise its neighbour ...

The sharp increase in refugees in need of aid has placed a significant strain on WFP food assistance programmes in Burundi. Since January 2025, nearly 70,000 people - mainly women, children and ...

Rwanda on Tuesday described as "unfortunate" claims by Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye that it was planning to attack his country. Rwanda supports an armed group, the M23, that has seized vast ...