Burundi will hold presidential elections on May 3 next year, the electoral commission announced Friday, during a meeting ...

Thousands of Congolese refugees in Burundi have returned home to eastern Congo after Rwandan-backed rebels withdrew from a key town. About 470 people crossed the border after fleeing violence ...

Burundi’s former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni has been arrested, the country’s justice ministry has said. Bunyoni was prime minister from June 2020 to September 2022, when he was sacked ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi is seeing its largest influx of refugees in decades as tens of thousands of people flee the fighting in neighboring eastern Congo, the U.N. World Food Program said ...

The Burundian Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) on Friday announced that the presidential election is set for May 3, 2027.

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already face social ostracism and jail ...

Burundi's parliamentary elections are underway, shadowed by concerns over fairness. The ruling CNDD-FDD party is heavily favored after the main opposition, CNL, faced significant obstacles, including ...

Rights groups have criticized the European Union for lifting sanctions Tuesday against Burundi for what the EU said was progress on human rights, good governance, and the rule of law. The EU action ...

Better known as the 'heart of Africa', Burundi's economic pulse has been slow over the years, but the rhythm is steadily gaining momentum, dancing to the tune of President Évariste Ndayishimiye, given ...