The United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) decided in December 2024 to replace the current AU Transition Mission in ...

Burundi's politicians are accused turning the ... His killing triggered a brutal civil war between the Tutsi-dominated army and mainly Hutu rebel groups. More than 300,000 people died in the ...

Before the civil war, Mr Nkurunziza, who had graduated in sports education, was a teacher and assistant lecturer at the University of Burundi. Reuters Mr Nkurunziza took pride in the fact that he ...

The opposing sides in the four-year-old civil war in Burundi raped, tortured, and killed thousands of civilians and looted and destroyed civilian property in 1997. The Tutsi-dominated armed forces ...

Ndayishimiye, 52, now takes the helm of Burundi leadership as the country seeks to shake off the undoing of years-long ethnic-based civil war and economic ruin. He joined the Hutu militia after he ...