Kampala/Lusaka, August 5, 2026 – Pressure is mounting on Burundian refugees living in Uganda and Zambia. In the Nakivale and Meheba camps, several awareness-raising meetings about voluntary return ...

Rumonge, August 6, 2026 – Joseph Niyongabo, a retired soldier from Murenge village, in the Rusabagi zone of Rumonge district, Burunga province in southwestern Burundi, has been detained since July 31, ...

The Burundian government has decided to expel Sibi Lawson-Marriot, the representative of the World Food Programme (WFP), and Sarah Nguyen, the organisation’s security officer. The two officials left ...

A general manager of a commercial and manufacturing company based in Bujumbura, the commercial city of Burundi, and his assistant have been detained in the central prison of Bujumbura called Mpimba ...

Uvira, July 16, 2026 – After several years living in severely dilapidated shelters, hundreds of Burundian families living in the Lusenda camp, in the Fizi territory of South Kivu, eastern Congo, ...

Cankuzo, September 15, 2025 – Kavumu camp, located in the Cankuzo region of Buhumuza province in eastern Burundi, hosts more than 20,000 Congolese refugees and is the largest reception site in the ...

Bugendana, July 27, 2026—The commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the massacre of 648 Tutsis at the Bugendana camp for displaced persons took place on Sunday, July 26, 2026, at the Bugendana ...

Following the kidnapping of Emmanuel Mfitiye on Monday in Gitega (the political capital), other disappearances have heightened concerns about former activists of the opposition party Movement for ...

While the security situation in the DRC is deteriorating, a wave of mobilization of young people affiliated with the ruling party is being observed in Burundi. According to several sources, these ...

Bujumbura, January 26, 2026 – Révérien Ndikuriyo has been re-elected for a second term as Secretary General of the CNDD-FDD party, following an extraordinary elective congress held on Sunday, January ...

Ruyigi, March 29, 2026 — Returning to their country of origin has turned into a nightmare for many Congolese refugees living at the Busuma site in the east of the small east African nation. While many ...

Bujumbura, May 19, 2026 – The Burundian government has placed the country on high alert following the reappearance of the Ebola virus in the Great Lakes region. Health authorities fear a possible ...