Pierre Nkurunziza

Draft reforms scrap the need for search warrants for serious offences and authorise night searches.

Elsa Buchanan May 22, 2017

Chinese VP Li Yuanchao is on a three-day visit to conflict-hit Burundi.

Elsa Buchanan May 11, 2017

SOS-Torture Burundi compiled harrowing testimonies of rape used a weapon of repression.

Elsa Buchanan May 02, 2017

3.8m people – 40% of the population – are food insecure but the government says the situation under control.

Elsa Buchanan Apr 28, 2017

RBD group says militiamen gang-rape civilians whose relatives are suspected to be of the opposition.

Elsa Buchanan Apr 18, 2017

Interior Minister issues official order after accusing MSD of 'inciting violence' and funding armed groups.

Elsa Buchanan Apr 12, 2017

Documents obtained by IBTimes UK shows how teachers have to contribute up to an eighth of their salaries.

Elsa Buchanan Apr 05, 2017

Students' representatives have all gone into hiding after colleagues were arrested by security services.

Elsa Buchanan Mar 30, 2017

New victim warrants are issued, but Burundi will officially withdraw from the world court in October.

Elsa Buchanan Mar 29, 2017

The families of victims of serious human rights violations continue to gather to demand justice.

Elsa Buchanan Mar 28, 2017

Poor students in Burundi are taking action over the government's decision to abolish scholarships.

Elsa Buchanan Mar 27, 2017

Situation remains "generally calm" but Security Council "alarmed by the increasing numbers of refugees".

Elsa Buchanan Mar 14, 2017

In a letter to members of UN Security Council, Dieng warned against risks of "mass" violence.

Elsa Buchanan Mar 08, 2017

IBTimes UK speaks to a leading figure within the armed rebellion active inside the country.

Elsa Buchanan Mar 02, 2017

Benomar is currently leading the UN response to the political crisis in Burundi.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 28, 2017

3.8 million people – 40% of the population – are food insecure but the government says the situation under control.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 22, 2017

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

Elsa Buchanan Feb 20, 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

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

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

Niyonkuru's assassination is the first of a sitting government official since Burundi sank into political chaos in 2015.

Pavitra Dwibhashyam Jan 01, 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