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UNITED NATIONS — The heads of OpenAI and Anthropic warned the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that advanced artificial intelligence could pose a risk...

NEW YORK — Burundi President Évariste Ndayishimiye called Wednesday for permanent African representation on the U.N. Security Council, joining a growing push from the...

Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye used his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday to condemn xenophobia and intolerance, calling on governments to protect...

East African countries are converging on a common climate position ahead of COP31, the UN's 31st climate conference, with farmers and regional experts calling...

President Donald Trump has proposed replacing the term "artificial intelligence" with "superintelligence," while opposing international efforts to impose tighter controls on the technology's development.Speaking...

Belgium and Rwanda have restored diplomatic relations after an 18-month rupture over the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, reopening their embassies while...

Trade across the East African Community rose 37% to $52.3 billion in the second quarter of 2026, new regional statistics show — but the...

When Lake Tanganyika rose around Gatumba, families did what they could to survive: they carried belongings to higher ground, abandoned flooded homes, and in...

A new flood-protection dike has been built along the Rusizi River in Gatumba, the Burundian town hit hardest by repeated flooding from Lake Tanganyika,...

Burundi is heading into another rainy season with the same vulnerabilities that produced one of its worst disasters in recent memory. The question now...