In 2016, we should watch for surprises from unexpected quarters, writes Liesl Louw-Vaudran for the Institute for Security Studies. Read more »
U.S. officials have warned that the Democratic Republic of Congo could be hit by violence if President Joseph Kabila does not step down. Read more »
The Rwandan government has denied UN allegations that it is recruiting and training refugees with the aim of overthrowing President Pierre Nkurunziza. Read more »
The AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, said that no stabilization force would be deployed without the consent of Burundi's government. A high-level delegation ... Read more »
The chairmanship of the East African Community is supposed to go to Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza at the Heads of State Summit later this month, but it is uncertain he will ... Read more »
Tanzanian Foreign Minister Augustine Mahiga said the peacekeeping mission was essential as it would protect civilians, even as the community looked for a permanent solution to the ... Read more »
Differences between the government and opposition raise doubts over whether the intra-Burundi dialogue, relaunched under the leadership of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, will ... Read more »
Representatives from the government and the opposition met in Kampala on the initiative of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, the East African Community's mediator in the Burundi ... Read more »
The chairperson of the AU Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has told i President Pierre Nkurunziza that "the AU has no other agenda than to assist the government and people of ... Read more »
"We will not allow foreign troops in Burundi. We don't need them," said a government spokesman after the African Union's Peace and Security Council agreed to deploy an African ... Read more »
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