FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Sept. 19, 2021)—At least 103,305 people have been forced from their homes by climate shocks in Burundi in recent years, where an increase in floods, storms, and landslides has led to ...

At the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council (the Coun­cil) in October 2020, the Council rene­wed the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Burundi for a further year. This allow­ed the ...

Dear EU High Representative/Vice-President, Dear Foreign Ministers of the EU member states, As the Council of the European Union (EU) and its preparatory bodies ...

On April 26, Burundi authorities released 3,000 prisoners following a presidential pardon that aims to free a total of 5,225 people — or 40 percent of the country's prison population. In early April, ...

Burundi Franc (BIF) United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) 1 BIF to AED = 0.0019 BIF AED on 10/01/2021 Burundi Franc (BIF) Albanian Lek (ALL) 1 BIF to ALL = 0.052 BIF ALL on 10/01/2021 Burundi Franc (BIF) ...

Interior ministry says at least two people were killed when ‘still unidentified terrorists’ hurled grenades in two Bujumbura sites. Burundi's Prime Minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni gestures as he ...

Safia Nduwimana fled violence in Burundi two years ago. It has been three weeks since she returned home, and she has mixed feelings of joy and anxiety. "I came back home for my children’s sake. They ...

A protester sets up a barricade during a protest against Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza and his bid for a third term in Bujumbura, May 22, 2015 [Reuters/Goran Tomasevic] In July 2017, my wife ...

Climate change has been brutal for Burundi. Shifting weather patterns — the heavy rains, the high winds, the dry spells — have become increasingly unpredictable and extreme. Floodwaters have decimated ...

Nineteen-seventy two was tragic in Burundi. That year, a Hutu-led rebellion erupted in the south, killing thousands of Tutsis. The repression that ensued reached genocidal proportions (the likes of ...