PartageSee below Over the last year Burundi has been convulsed by a political and human rights crisis whose origins lie in the decision by President Pierre Nkurunziza to seek a third term in office. His opponents argued that the 2000 Arusha Agreement,…

PartageBurundi’s government will not take part in peace talks with the opposition scheduled for Wednesday because it holds some of the participants responsible for recent months of violence, a senior official said. The talks in neighbouring Tanzania were announced last month as…

PartageOn December 28, 2015, President Museveni launched the Burundi peace talks. It is good that someone somewhere is trying to resolve the Burundi conflict. On that day, I honoured an invite to appear on Radio One’s Spectrum Show hosted by Edmond Kizito….

PartageRefugees International is deeply concerned that the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum in Rwanda is being undermined. Specifically, refugees from Burundi claim they are being recruited into non-state armed groups as part of a systematic campaign involving both Burundian and Rwandan…

Partage[bleu ciel]UNITED NATIONS (Reuters)[/bleu ciel] – Russia said on Friday the United Nations Security Council should not intervene in Burundi’s constitutional dispute that has sparked the biggest political crisis in the East African state since an ethnically fuelled civil war ended in…