Urgent Action launched for release of Burundi lawyer Nkina
By Waceke Njoroge Amnesty International has started an online campaign to get jailed Burundi lawyer Tony Germain Nkina released. The…
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UN warns of increasing human rights violations in Burundi
By Millicent Zighe The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support Oscar Fernandez-Taranco has expressed concerns over rampant human rights violations in…
Conditions worsening in Burundi IDP camps
By Millicent Zighe More than 100,000 Burundians have been internally displaced a new study shows. A further 400,000 people have…
Bye-bye Bujumbura, welcome to the new capital in Gitega
By Eugene Niyoyankunze Four years have elapsed since the May 13, 2015 coup attempt, but Burundi’s president is yet to…
Arbitrary arrests soar as crackdown on opposition intensifies
By Millicent Zighe and Gilbert Niyonkuru Over 200 people have been arrested in Burundi since the beginning of the year.…
Biometric passport gives Burundian refugees a second chance
By P-CN Since October 10, 2018, immigration authorities in Rwanda working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)…
Death creeps on Burundians from week to week
By Millicent Zighe At least 77 people have been violently killed in various areas of Burundi’s capital since the beginning…
Fear and loathing among the refugees of Ngozi
By Monia Arakaza Every morning, gangs of youth pour into the Ruhororo commune, of Ngozi province chanting anti-Tutsi slogans. The…