Politics

Burundi’s permanent representative in the United Nations Albert Shingiro said that Burundians were aware that the 2015 coup plotters against elected institutions are not ‘dead or buried’. PHOTO| Burundi Times The Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry...

Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza through his social media account paid tribute to Zimbabwe’s former president. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in power. PHOTO| Burundi Times Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza through his social media account paid...

Mr Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924 in what was then Rhodesia - a British colony, run by its white minority. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He...

In August 2017 representatives of Burundi and Tanzanian government alongside the UN refugee agency held a tripartite meeting to facilitate voluntary repatriation of Burundian refugees from Tanzania. PHOTO|FILE: BurundiTimes Burundi government has accused the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for delaying the repatriation of Burundian refugees in Tanzania, the move comes after Burundi’s internal...

Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza at the state house in Bujumbura on February 19, 2019. PHOTO| BurundiTimes Burundi’s president Pierre Nkurunziza on Tuesday marked four years since he was sworn in for another five year term that runs until 2020, the 2015 re-election of the incumbent president had sparked a political crisis in the...

The voluntary repatriation exercise of Burundian refugees is undertaken in pone continued phase with possibility of a gradual increase in the number of refugees being repatriated. PHOTO|FILE: BurundiTimes. “Those repatriated consisted of 273 households that included 328 men and 393 women with their province of origin being Makamba and Rutana,” -...

Burundi government says the seven ‘armed criminals’ who were arrested earlier this month were officially handed over to the Rwandan authorities, the seven armed men are said to have been captured by the Burundian army on 8th April while entering Burundian territory through Nyugwe forest. “Yesterday seven criminals from Rwanda were handed over to Rwandan authorities in the presence of...

Burundi government have expelled the controversial pastor “Prophet Modeste after being detained by the security forces in Bujumbura earlier this month, the pastor who predicted Burundi national team’s 1-1 draw with Gabon last month became popular after the country booked ticket for the continental men’s football in Egypt. “Modeste Kayihura also known as prophet Modeste,...