France presented a draft resolution to the UN Security Council aimed at toughening the international response to an outbreak of violence in Burundi, but the foreign minister rejected the move and announced “the country was calm”. The measure threatens targeted sanctions against Burundian leaders who incite attacks or hamper efforts[…]
Polling stations have opened in Burundi’s controversial presidential elections with Pierre Nkurunziza widely expected to win a third consecutive term. Shortly before voting started on Tuesday, at least two people – a policeman and a civilian – were killed, according to witnesses, in a string of explosions and gunfire in[…]
Polling stations have opened in Burundi’s controversial presidential elections with Pierre Nkurunziza widely expected to win a third consecutive term. Shortly before voting started on Tuesday, at least two people – a policeman and a civilian – were killed, according to witnesses, in a string of explosions and gunfire in the[…]
Burundi’s opposition has rejected a proposal by the electoral commission to hold presidential polls on 15 July. The opposition said its demand for free elections have not been met. It also called for UN mediator Said Djinnit to resign, saying he had failed to tackle the crisis in the poor[…]
Humanitarian agencies are struggling to cope as tens of thousands of Burundian refugees stranded on Kagunga Island in Tanzania face worsening medical conditions. UNICEF officials told Al Jazeera on Thursday that conditions at Kagunga were “tough” and that a cholera outbreak had made conditions even more dire. At least 33[…]
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has delayed by a week local and parliamentary elections set for May 26, after nearly a month of political unrest and a failed military coup in the east African state, his adviser has said. Nkurunziza made the decision after a recommendation by the election commission and[…]
Police in Burundi have beaten and tear-gassed protesters in the capital who were demanding President Pierre Nkurunziza reverse a decision to run for a third term in office, a Reuters has reported. At least eight people were arrested as the police tried to disperse the demonstration in Bujumbura on Tuesday,[…]
Burundi’s president has sacked three cabinet ministers, as protests resumed after last week’s failed coup. A spokesman for the president told the BBC that President Pierre Nkurunziza had dismissed his defence, external relations and trade ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on Monday. It comes amid protests against the president running[…]
Pierre Nkurunziza, the Burundi president, says he has been battling a threat from al-Shabab, in his first appearance in the capital since last week’s attempted coup against his government. Nkurunziza made a brief statement about the Somali rebel group, as he appeared before journalists at his presidential palace in Bujumbura[…]
Loyalist troops in Burundi have arrested at least three leaders of a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, a presidential spokesman said. Gervais Abayeho said those arrested on Friday were two army generals, including former Defence Minister Cyrille Ndayirukiye, and a police general. Major-General Godefroid Niyombare, who led the coup[…]
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