September 17
Burundi: UN Human Rights Body - Renew Mandate of Burundi Investigation [press release]
HRW
Earlier this year, Human Rights Watch documented how Burundi's security services and Imbonerakure members, the ruling party youth league, killed, raped, abducted, beat, and… Read more »
September 14
Africa: Africans Live A Decade Longer Than in 1990, But...
allAfrica
The level of human development in Sub-Saharan Africa, judged by how long people live for, how well they are educated and how much they earn, has improved by more than a third in… Read more »
Burundi: Over 200 Killed in Escalating Brutality in Burundi
CAJ News
BURUNDIAN security forces and youth aligned to the ruling party have allegedly killed more than 200 people in the past five months. Read more »
September 12
Burundi: Burundi Government On the Spot Over Expelling UN Human Rights Team
Monitor
Burundi's ambassador in Geneva struggled to explain to the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday why his government had thrown out a UN team that the Council, with Burundi's backing,… Read more »
Africa: Burundi's Continued Contempt for Human Rights [press release]
HRW
This week, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights was meant to present a report by three UN experts on the situation in Burundi to the UN's top human rights… Read more »
September 11
Burundi: All Quiet in Burundi? Not Quite. [analysis]
African Arguments
In 2015, Burundi experienced well-publicised unrest, open government repression, a mass exodus of refugees, and the first signs of a new civil war in the wake of President Pierre… Read more »
September 07
Burundi: Grave Human Rights Abuses Escalate in Burundi
CAJ News
BURUNDI'S government is accused of summary executions, unlawful arrests, torture and sexual violations, among other crimes against humanity over the past year. Read more »
September 06
Burundi: In Burundi, Three Journalists Attacked and Prevented From Covering Protest
CPJ
Police on August 27 allegedly attacked three journalists with the privately owned station Radio Culture and prevented them from reporting on a land dispute in Ngagara, a… Read more »
August 31
Burundi: Helping the Burundian People Cope With the Economic Crisis
ICG
Burundi's worsening economy threatens to incite further violence in an already unstable country. The European Union and its member states, who have suspended direct aid to the… Read more »
August 24
Tanzania: ATCL Resumes Flight to Entebbe, Bujumbura
Daily News
AIR Tanzania is expected to resume passenger flights to Entebbe-Uganda and Bujumbura- Burundi routes on Sunday and Tuesday next week, respectively. Read more »
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