Africa Burundi The diplomatic dispute between Burundi and Rwanda took on a new front as Burundi closed its borders with its neighbour 'until changed'; Burundi has accused Rwanda of financing rebel attacks
Africa Burundi Homosexual marriage is an 'abominable practice', and gay couples to be 'stoned to death' because they have 'chosen the devil' and attract the divine 'curse', said Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye
Africa Burundi Six of the ten handball players of the Burundi team, who fled from Rijeka, Croatia on 9 August while participating in the U-19 World Cup, had to return to Croatia after Belgium, where the youngsters had sought asylum, expelled them last week
Africa Burundi The joint Tanzania-Burundi-DRC standard gauge railway project has received the necessary funding to begin the next phase of its development, with the African Development Bank approving several financing means worth $696,41 million
Africa Burundi The National Assembly should address the significant deficiencies in the historic 2016 law against gender-based violence and inconsistencies in other laws to ensure effective prevention, protection and justice for survivors, Amnesty International said
Africa Burundi Human Rights Watch and the Initiative for Human Rights in Burundi issued a joint communication on the Independent National Commission for Human Rights in Burundi, the CNIDH, accusing it of a lack of independence; the CNIDH believes the opposite
Africa Burundi Seven players of the Burundi national under-19 handball team were placed in a detention centre after being discovered in Belgium by immigration authorities
Africa Burundi Burundi's former prime minister, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, has appeared in court to answer charges including an alleged attempt to kill the country's president
Africa Burundi Burundi became the 100th country to implement the FIFA "Football for Schools" programme with a ceremony held at the Urunani Stadium in Buganda, on the outskirts of Bujumbura, in the presence of FIFA President Gianni Infantino
Africa Burundi The African Development Bank granted a loan of $13,15 million to Burundi to help it implement the first phase of its "Water Sector Support and Climate Resilience Building Programme"
Africa Burundi The Qatar-Burundi Business Forum was recently hosted by the Qatar Chamber; the meeting intended to explore ways to improve trade and economic cooperation between the private sectors of the two countries
Africa Burundi US company SpaceX is reportedly in talks with Burundian government to launch its Starlink low earth orbit broadband satellite service from the second quarter of 2024; the majority of Burundian popoulation lacks access to high speed internet services
Africa Burundi As one of the 20 most vulnerable countries to climate change, with climate-induced disasters accounting for nearly 90% of internal displacements, Burundi is regularly hit by a range of imminent hazards as well as slower-onset climate events