Burundi is ranked 145th out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2015 press freedom index, which covered events in 2014. The arbitrary closure of news media and persecution of journalists accompanying the ...

What is the legal framework governing bribery in Burundi? The key legislation governing bribery in Burundi is the Anti-Bribery ...

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 20, 2020 file photo, Burundians queue to cast their votes in the presidential election, in Giheta, Gitega province, Burundi. A new report released Thursday, Sept. 17, ...

Editor's note: The brutal murder of three Xaverian sisters almost two years ago in the tiny central African country of Burundi was shocking even in an area known for violence. A belief that the ...

On May 13, following over two weeks of widespread demonstrations in Burundi against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term in office, Major General Godefroid Niyombare ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Fuel shortages have paralysed the small central African nation of Burundi, threatening further damage to an economy already moribund after years of political violence and raising ...

President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza, on Monday reshuffled his cabinet following a coup attempt, sacking the Minister of Defence who had indirectly criticised his bid to seek a third term in office.

In 2018, Burundi launched a vast national reforestation program to boost the country’s dwindling forest cover, which will run until 2025. Burundi has just 6.6% of its original forests remaining, the ...

For much of the 20th century, Burundi and Rwanda could not have been closer. The two tiny Great Lakes countries were administered as the single kingdom of Ruanda-Urundi as part of the Belgian colonial ...

Small and landlocked, Burundi depends on roads, and only roads, to move its people and goods. And as climate change leads to increasingly extreme weather, those roads are at risk from flooding and ...

Burundian drumming is a global phenomenon, featured in blockbuster movies and best-selling albums. But at home, authorities have restricted it to official functions — and banned women from performing.