Burundi News

Minerals and arms smuggling worth millions of dollars persists in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo despite international sanctions, fuelling rebel strength despite national army operations, and army and rebel soldiers continue to kill civilians, according to a new United Nations report that calls on the Security Council to take action to ...

Political instability in Africa can lead to considerable abuse of women. When the breakdown results in violence, it can include gang sexual abuse and physical mutilation.

Months after transforming itself from a rebel movement into a political party, Burundi's Forces nationales de la liberation , is embroiled in a leadership wrangle that analysts warn could jeopardize the country's fragile peace.

The peace process in Burundi has witnessed significant progress in recent months but the country needs help to ensure successful elections next year and to tackle challenges such as human rights abuses, corruption and weak institutions, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report .

Kampala Ugandan government allegedly turned a blind eye as Rwandan Hutu rebels drafted fighters from refugee camps in the country, a new UN report says.

Former rebel leader Agathon Rwasa has been chosen by his party as its candidate for Burundi's 2010 presidential election.

The murders of albino people in the African nations of Burundi and Tanzania, allegedly based on occult practices, have triggered a crisis involving almost the entire albino population of the two countries, according to a report released last week by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

An explosive report from a UN group of experts has exposed a network of allies comprising of individuals, companies, charities and governments that have aided the survival of FDLR by supplying the ragtag rebel outfit with arms in exchange for Congo's minerals.

Next year's elections in Burundi, billed as a milestone on the country's long road to sustainable peace, could trigger more conflict because of a combination of widespread illegal weapons and well-organized youth wings of political parties, according to analysts.

An officer addresses a group of ex-combatants: Human rights activists have expressed concern over political parties been mobilizing demobilized ex-combatants to carry out political violence BUJUMBURA, 25 November 2009 - One of the guards of a provincial governor in Burundi seriously beat up a man in early November in a dispute over land and ...

United Nations operations against Rwandan-Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been a failure, UN-mandated experts say.

The East African Community officially ushered in a common market on Friday amid renewed commitment by the region's Heads of State to expedite the envisaged political federation by 2015.

Sometimes good things come out of extremely dark episodes. ActionAid is celebrating today as the amazing Maggy Barankitse has been announced as the winner of The Guardian's first ever Achievement in International Development Award.

When he fled his native Somalia for Uganda 18 months ago, Ali Yasin thought he had escaped the death threats for good.

Next year's elections in Burundi, billed as a milestone on the country's long road to sustainable peace, could trigger more conflict because of a combination of widespread illegal weapons and well-organized youth wings of political parties, according to analysts.

The Holy See Press Office released the following communique yesterday evening. "This evening in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, His Holiness Benedict XVI received in audience Pierre Nkurunziza, president of the Republic of Burundi.

Covered bodies are laid out as Tutsi refugees from Congo, who survived a massacre by Hutu extremists at the U.N.-run camp in Gatumba, Burundi, began the grim task Sunday Aug.

BUGARAMA, A CARE empowerment project in Burundi is training women in dispute resolution, savings and credit schemes, and putting a stop to sexual violence.

The group refugee status of tens of thousands of Rwandans who fled their country in the wake of the 1994 genocide could be lifted by the end of 2011, according to UN and Rwandan officials.

Kenya said on Thursday that countries from the Great Lakes Region with their small economies and small populations will continue to experience under-development unless they are integrated into a larger regional market.