Politics

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force and four of its senior commanders, citing allegations that they have “threatened the peace, security or stability” of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by supporting the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group. In a brief announcement posted on its website, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the Islamic Republic for more than three decades and shaped its domestic and foreign policy with an iron grip, has died at age 86 following a major military strike on Tehran, according to Iranian state media and multiple international news agencies. Iranian broadcasters confirmed his death after...

Tensions between Iran and the United States escalated sharply Saturday after reports of coordinated U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets and swift retaliatory attacks by Tehran, marking one of the most dangerous confrontations between the longtime adversaries in years. Explosions were reported in Tehran as the joint operation began, with U.S. officials describing it as...

Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye met Friday with a delegation from Lyca Mobile led by founder Allirajah Subaskaran at Ntare Rushatsi Palace to discuss a strategic partnership aimed at expanding telecommunications access and supporting the country’s long-term development goals. The delegation thanked the president for promulgating a decree authorizing the company to establish operations in...

Italian police have arrested a 50-year-old Burundian man suspected of helping organize the 2014 killing of three elderly Italian missionary nuns in Burundi, prosecutors in Parma said Thursday, reopening a decade-old case that investigators say was tied to powerful security-service figures. Guillaume Harushimana, who had lived near Parma for several years, was detained on...

Regional leaders and private-sector executives called for faster implementation of trade and investment reforms across East Africa at the East African Business and Investment Summit & Expo 2026, where participants emphasized that policy commitments must translate into measurable economic gains. The two-day forum in Nairobi convened more than 450 delegates and was organized by...

Willy Ngoma, the military spokesperson for the M23 rebel movement, was killed early Tuesday in a predawn drone strike near the mining town of Rubaya in North Kivu province, according to local and international officials. Ngoma was killed early Tuesday in a predawn drone strike near the mining town of Rubaya in North Kivu...

Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reopened the Gatumba–Kavimvira border crossing on Monday, restoring a key commercial corridor between Bujumbura and Uvira after nearly two months of closure triggered by fighting in eastern Congo. The frontier had been shut since Dec. 10, 2025, when Burundi closed crossings after M23 rebels advanced into...

The U.N. refugee agency says 3,088 Burundians have arrived at the Nyabitare transit center after spending more than a decade in refugee camps in Tanzania, according to a statement posted Thursday on X by UNHCR. The agency said the returnees were received at the eastern Burundi facility in the presence of Assistant High Commissioner...

Burundi’s president returned home Sunday after being elected chairperson of the African Union, greeted along the route from the international airport by government officials, supporters of the ruling party and students in a show of public welcome. President Évariste Ndayishimiye arrived from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he formally assumed the rotating chairmanship of the...