NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi is experiencing a rise in torture and enforced disappearances in “a clear pattern” of abuses that undermines limited rights improvements under President Evariste ...
The Burundian media landscape poses immense challenges for journalists in this Central African country. They often receive death threats and work in a virtually permanent state of insecurity.
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Deadly floods are wreaking havoc in many parts of East Africa that face torrential rainfall, with Burundi calling for international help to deal with the aftermath. Lake ...
The trial of Paul Rusesabagina, the hotelier made famous in “Hotel Rwanda,” continues in Kigali. Rusesabagina received fawning coverage in the Western media largely because of both the 2004 film and ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Four journalists in Burundi and their driver were charged Saturday with undermining state security, according to their newspaper and Human Rights Watch. The journalists for Iwacu, ...
Makeshift roadblocks dot the capital of the tiny central African state of Burundi. The country of 10 million people is once again in the grips of crisis that has the potential to take the lives on a ...
The inquiry focused on reports of abuses during the most deadly operation by the Burundian security forces since the country’s crisis began in April. Human Rights Watch found that police and military ...