September 11

• Burundi: Pregnant Muslim Women Have It Tougher in Burundi [opinion]

  "I cannot go to a gynecologist. If I do I'll have problems with my husband," says a pregnant Aisha. Like her, many Muslim women in Burundi are not allowed to be treated by a male... Read more »

July 2

• Burundi: Joy and Disappointment As Nation Turns 50

  Burundi is set for a grand party as the country celebrates that it gained independence from Belgium on July 1st, 1962. But half a century later the country is still dependent on a... Read more »

June 25

• Burundi: African 'Princess' in Top Fifa Position

  After more than a century as a men-only club, FIFA's Executive Committee finally has a female member. Lydia Nsekera, president of the Burundian Football Association, joined... Read more »

May 10

• Burundi: Rape Shame Stings Long After War

  Women in Burundi continue to suffer from the chaos that raged during the country's 12-year civil war. Since the conflict's end in 2005, local sexual abuse support centres have... Read more »

May 3

• Burundi: Political Tensions Grow

  Tension is mounting on Burundi's political scene. Opposition parties continue to contest results of the 2010 presidential elections and recently condemned a series of laws seen as... Read more »

April 20

• Burundi: Heavy Taxes Rattle Retailers

  Retailers in Uganda are denouncing the Burundian government's taxes, found to be higher than those elsewhere in the East African Community (EAC). Some companies have relocated to... Read more »

April 16

• Burundi: Asylum Seeker Suicides - an Inevitable Tragedy?

  Asylum seekers do not resort to suicide in a considered attempt to force the government's hand on granting residence permits to their children. Read more »

• Burundi: Dutch Burundians React to Asylum Seeker's Suicide

  This week's suicide of asylum applicant Alain Hatungimana in the Dutch town of Culemborg has been the main subject of conversation within the Dutch-Burundian community. "We are... Read more »

April 12

• Burundi: Dutch Asylum Policy Blamed for Suicide

  The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS) in the Netherlands stands accused of being responsible for the suicide of a man who died trying to protect his children from... Read more »

April 4

• Burundi: Fair Gold Trade in Mining?

  Burundi is trying to fight against the illegal exploitation and export of minerals. In the Great Lakes region, some miners still prefer to work illegally because they don't want to... Read more »

April 2

• Burundi: 'If You do Well, You Have a Car'

  In Burundi, having a car is a sign of success - mostly because most people don't have enough money for one. People use public transport or walk whenever they go to work, shop or... Read more »

March 27

• Burundi: Call for Strikes Against the High Cost of Living

  Today in Bujumbura, strikers intend to respond to the call made last Friday by trade union confederations and Burundi's civil society that urged the government to find solutions to... Read more »

March 13

• Africa: 'Africans Going Dutch' - A Different Kind of Jail

  Everybody knows what a prison is, but the meaning of the word is different in Africa, than in the Netherlands. Read more »

March 2

• Burundi: Prostitution Rhymes With Poverty

  Prostitution is no longer taboo in Burundi. It is quickly becoming a widespread phenomenon, due to the deteriorating living conditions of the Burundian population. Today,... Read more »

January 24

• Tanzania: Burundi Admits Role in Arrest of Oppositionist in Nation

  Burundi admitted Saturday that it had asked for an exiled Burundian opposition leader to be arrested in Tanzania and extradited to face murder charges. Read more »

January 16

• Burundi: 'Africans Going Dutch' - Teaching in the Netherlands

  It was in November 2000 when I arrived in the Netherlands. Before this, I was teaching in Burundi. So I had a brilliant idea: I would become a teacher in Holland! Read more »

January 14

• Burundi: Opposition Leader Arrested in Tanzania

  An exiled Burundian opposition leader has been arrested in Tanzania on the orders of the Bujumbura government, his lawyer said Friday. Read more »

December 21, 2011

• Africa: The Canary in the Coal Mine - Women As Peacemakers [opinion]

  "We have to act now, we've no time to lose! Elections will be held in six months' time and otherwise, we'll be forgotten," says activist Salwa Saad Bugaighis. She's fighting for... Read more »

December 14, 2011

• Burundi: Police Implicated in Bar Massacre Trial

  The main defendant accused of taking part in the September massacre of at least 37 people in a Burundi bar Tuesday accused senior police officers of responsibility for the... Read more »

November 30, 2011

• Africa: Nun Murdered in Burundi Convent Attack

  Gunmen in Burundi murdered a Croatian nun and an Italian charity worker in an apparent botched robbery and kidnapping condemned Monday by the Vatican as a "grave act of violence". Read more »

November 22, 2011

• Africa: Over 300 Ex-Rebels Killed in Burundi - Watchdog

  More than 300 members of Burundi's former rebel group, the National Liberation Forces (FNL), and opposition supporters have been killed in the past five months, a rights group said... Read more »

• Burundi: Government Says 18 Rebels Killed in Clash

  Burundi security forces shot dead 18 "armed bandits" in clashes in the eastern province of Cankuzo on Monday, the local governor told AFP. Read more »

November 17, 2011

• Burundi: Media Honk Horns Against Oppression

  Yesterday, the Burundian community took to their car horns in protest of attempts by the government to repress the country's independent media. For 15 seconds, vehicle drivers,... Read more »

• Burundi: Burundi Attacks Case Adjourned After Defence Claims

  Defence lawyers for the 21 suspects charged in a September gun raid near Burundi's capital that killed 39 said Thursday that police violated procedure while investigating the case. Read more »

November 4, 2011

• Burundi: Hit Lists Frighten Opposition

  Many teachers in the eastern Burundian provinces of Ruyigi and Cankuzo have fled their homes, fearing for their lives. Rumour has it that a plan, codenamed 'Safisha' and allegedly... Read more »