Politics

ARUSHA, Tanzania — Burundi’s newly appointed foreign minister, Edouard Bizimana, was sworn in Tuesday as an ex-officio member of the East African Legislative Assembly...

OSLO, Norway — The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Thursday awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for her...

Burundi’s new minister of justice has vowed sweeping reforms to ease the country’s overcrowded prisons, including the closure of some facilities and greater reliance...

BURURI, Burundi— President Évariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday toured an amethyst extraction site on Migera Hill in Bururi Province, praising a youth-led mining venture as...

Burundi’s Foreign Minister Edouard Bizimana on Tuesday urged the international community to formally recognize the 1972 genocide against Hutu people in his country, saying...

A military court in the DRC has sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia after convicting him of war crimes, treason and...

Burundi’s president, who also chairs the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, officially opened the 2025-2026 judicial year on July 26 with a call for...

The United Kingdom on Friday urged Burundi to address “serious irregularities” in its June elections and to reopen the UN human rights office, during...

At the opening of the 80th United Nations General Assembly this week, dozens of nations formally recognized the State of Palestine in what diplomats...

A Rwandan soldier has been detained in northern Burundi after inadvertently crossing the border, officials from both countries confirmed Wednesday, in an incident that...