Burundi

Facilitator Benjamin Mkapa intends to rely on the East African Community to try to unblock the situation.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 20, 2017

Bernard Maingain tells IBTimes UK he has met with the Office of the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 20, 2017

Forcing people to return home violates The 1951 Refugee Convention.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 17, 2017

Inter-Burundi Dialogue looking to find solution to Burundi's 20-month deadly political violence.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 16, 2017

IBTimes UK speaks to Dr Stef Vandeginste about the potential fall of power-sharing in Burundi.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 15, 2017

33,793 Burundian refugees are currently in Uganda after fleeing current crisis that killed thousands.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 15, 2017

Country's media among the first casualties of violence that has rocked the country since 2015.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 13, 2017

SOS Torture/Burundi claims the presidency controls both justice system and police, and crimes go unpunished.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 13, 2017

More than 300,000 refugees, mostly from Burundi and DRC, are living in overstretched camps.

Elsa Buchanan Jan 30, 2017

Arrests come after alleged attack on military camp earlier this week, amid fears they may lead to civil war.

Elsa Buchanan Jan 27, 2017

IBTimes UK told of fears for the lives of 150 suspected Burundian rebels facing deportation from DRC.

Elsa Buchanan Jan 25, 2017

Imbonerakure, the ruling party's youth league, has killed and tortured scores of people, HRW alleges.

Elsa Buchanan Jan 19, 2017

Opposition and peace activists say Nkurunziza is "bluffing" as soldiers are "a mean of pressure".

Elsa Buchanan Jan 18, 2017

How Obama prioritised security and trade over human rights and democracy on the African continent.

Elsa Buchanan Jan 14, 2017

Economic diplomacy rendezvous offers an opportunity to assess French President Hollande's Africa policy.

Elsa Buchanan Jan 13, 2017

FIDH fears Donald Trump's potential African policies may signal new era for diplomacy in conflict-ridden Burundi.

Elsa Buchanan Jan 04, 2017

Iteka League was one of the remaining organisations capable of carrying out reliable investigations into abuses.

Elsa Buchanan Jan 03, 2017

Songs can now be banned from being broadcast on local media if authorities decide so.

Elsa Buchanan Dec 30, 2016

For President Pierre Nkurunriza to run for a fourth term the constitution would have to be amended.

Elsa Buchanan Dec 30, 2016

Burundians commemorate 11 and 12 December 2015 when civilians were executed and their bodies were thown in mass graves.

Elsa Buchanan Dec 12, 2016

Crisis facilitator Benjamin Mkapa said Burundi's controversial government is legal and legitimate.

Elsa Buchanan Dec 12, 2016

Government claims that crosses are not targeted at any group in particular do not allay concerns.

Elsa Buchanan Dec 05, 2016

Burundi's 18-month social and political crisis has left an estimated 1,000 dead.

Elsa Buchanan Dec 05, 2016

Burundi's 18-month social and political crisis has directly impacted funding for centres for rape victims.

Elsa Buchanan Dec 02, 2016

Using #JeSuisWilly, Burundian show their support after assassination attempt is blamed on Rwanda.

Elsa Buchanan Nov 29, 2016

East African Community-led talks have failed to end crisis that has left 1,000 dead and 20,000 missing.

Elsa Buchanan Nov 25, 2016

Authorities in Tanzania are struggling with dramatic rise in the number of new Burundian refugee arrivals.

Elsa Buchanan Nov 16, 2016

Burundians fear changes may upset fragile ethnic power-sharing requirements as civil war looms.

Elsa Buchanan Nov 16, 2016

Burundians fearing return to bloody past during which hundred of thousands were killed along ethnic lines.

Elsa Buchanan Nov 11, 2016

Burundi's president, who won a controversial third-term in 2015, 'warmly' congratulated Trump.

Elsa Buchanan Nov 09, 2016