Burundi’s Gulf labour pipeline under fresh scrutiny after group reports 12 deaths
Aluchoto, a Bujumbura-based association, also counts 121 women and girls abused and 97 people held in private homes, and accuses the agencies…
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Rights commission investigates death of man beaten at Burundi’s state investment agency
Bruce Sebanza, a former employee, died after a night-time confrontation with security guards at the Burundi Development Agency in Bujumbura; a civil…
Burundi signs $1.4bn grid deal with Anzana to lift power access from 12% to 70%
The 25-year concession gives Weza Power, Anzana’s local unit, the task of building or upgrading 52,000km of distribution lines while the state…
Burundi says suspected Ebola patient tested negative
The health minister moved to quash rumours of a first case as the Bundibugyo outbreak in neighbouring Congo nears 9,200 confirmed infections…
Burundi’s new anti-corruption drive repeats past failures, says veteran campaigner
Faustin Ndikumana of PARCEM, once jailed for alleging graft in judicial appointments, wants the government to publish the reforms that civil society…
Burundi marks 65 years since the assassination of Prince Louis Rwagasore
The independence leader was shot dead at 29, less than a month after his party won the 1961 elections, and Belgium’s role…
Burundian music veterans Africa Nova and Léonce Ngabo to headline Bujumbura’s Old Music Event
The third edition of the concert, on 30 October at Arena Bar, will also feature young performers singing songs by the late…
Nijimbere leads Dynamo’s comeback past Kern and into the Heroes’ Cup final
Dynamo were 17 points down after the first quarter and later trailed by 20, then won 95-85 in overtime to set up…
Kabila takes command of Congo’s rebels in Goma
Sentenced to death in absentia a year ago, the former president will now lead a new political and military front built on…
Ndadaye’s party will not contest Burundi’s 2027 presidential election
Sahwanya-Frodebu says talks with the government and the electoral commission gave it no reason to expect next May’s vote to differ from…