Burundi not ready for elections – UN
Burundi is not ready to hold credible elections because the ruling party and its allies remain firmly in control of political life and tensions remain...
Category : BURUNDI
Burundian charged in Dar with murder of British conservationist
A Burundi national and a bank employee are among five people charged with the murder of a British conservationist in Tanzania. The five were brought...
Over 5 million list to vote in controversial Burundi poll
More than five million people have signed up to vote in Burundi’s controversial constitutional referendum in May and elections in 2020, which could allow President...
Burundians forced to sign up to vote in referendum, opposition says
Burundians are being forced to sign up to vote in a May referendum on extending presidential term limits, Burundian opposition figures and residents say, although...
Burundi opposition slams ‘enforced’ referendum enrolment
Burundi’s opposition parties on Friday denounced the “enforced enrolment” of voters ahead of a referendum on changes to the constitution which would allow President Pierre...
Burundi police threaten opposition to constitution change
Police in Burundi have threatened to arrest anyone campaigning prematurely against a referendum to revise the constitution, which if passed could allow President Pierre Nkurunziza...
Burundi accuses UN of inflating refugee numbers
Burundi has accused the United Nations of “deliberately fabricating” figures of Burundian refugees. Interior assistant minister Terence Ntahiraja claimed Wednesday that the United Nations High...
Burundi govt starts taxing public workers to fund 2020 elections
The Burundian government has started ‘taxing’ salaries of civil servants in order to fund the next general elections slated for the year 2020. Workers are...
Thousands flee DR Congo fighting for Burundi in three days
Laden with mattresses, suitcases, solar panels, chairs and plastic buckets, thousands of refugees have crossed into Burundi in the past three days to flee fierce...
Burundi: Five Women Burned Within Two Weeks in Western Burundi
Victims are from Rugombo, Buganda and Mugina communes in Cibitoke western province. Women activists decry these despicable acts and demand justice and administration executives to...
