Burundi: Ndayishimiye unveils lean Cabinet, reaches out to minorities
For the first time in Burundi’s history, Batwa ethnic community will be represented in Cabinet. President Evariste Ndayishimiye has formed a lean Cabinet of 15...
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EAC MPs miss salaries in cash crunch, as Burundi and South Sudan face expulsion
Employees of the East African Legislative Assembly are yet to get their June salaries, while members of parliament have gone three months without their full...
Burundi changes tack as president declares Covid-19 ‘biggest enemy’
Burundi’s new President Evariste Ndayishimiye has declared the coronavirus the country’s “biggest enemy”, in a major about-turn for a nation which has largely ignored the...
Burundi: EAC presidents skip Nkurunziza’s burial
No sitting East African Community head of state attended the burial ceremony for the late Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza held Friday. While in power, Nkurunziza...
Former Burundi president to be buried in state funeral
housands of Burundians on Friday lined the road to the capital Gitega as the body of former president Pierre Nkurunziza was escorted under heavy security...
Burundi’s electoral body rejects 4 candidates for presidential election
The Burundian National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has rejected four candidates out of the ten who had filed for the May 20 presidential election, its...
Burundi opposition picks Agathon Rwasa as presidential contender
Burundi’s opposition CNL on Sunday picked the current chairman of the National Assembly as its candidate in the presidential election in May which the United...
For Burundi gravedigger, bodies and memories resurface as mass grave exhumed
What seems like a lifetime ago, Barampama Maximilien shoveled dirt over rows of bodies at gunpoint, sweating in fear that he would be next. This...
Burundi ruling party picks Evariste Ndayishimiye as candidate
Burundi’s ruling party on Sunday appointed Maj Gen Evariste Ndayishimiye as their presidential candidate for the May elections. “CNDD-FDD is not taught about democracy but...
Burundi president to get $530,000 golden parachute
The parliament of Burundi has voted to pay one billion francs ($530,000; £400,00) to President Pierre Nkurunziza as he prepares to leave office. Mr Nkurunziza...
