Burundi on Wednesday blocked Human Rights Watch from holding a press conference to release a report on the country's political violence, which it blamed on state agents and armed opposition groups.

[U.S. Africa Command] Mudubugu, Burundi - Texas National Guardsmen had the opportunity to share best practices with Burundi soldiers preparing for an upcoming deployment during a visit to Mudubugu, Burundi, March 26-April 6, 2012.

Scores have been killed in political murders with little investigation, charges Human Rights Watch. Andrew Meldrum Much of the news of Africa recently has focused on the coups in Mali and Guinnea-Bissau, the election in Senegal, the hunt for Joseph Kony and the fighting in eastern Congo. Quite a lot has been written about developments in Rwanda, which last month marked the 18th anniversary of ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi, May 14, 2012 (AFP) - Villagers in northeast Burundi hacked to death a woman accused of witchcraft and five members of her family, including a baby and two other children, local authorities said Sunday.

Villagers in northeast Burundi hacked to death a woman accused of witchcraft and five members of her family, including a baby and two other children, local authorities said Sunday.

Burundi's corruption watchdog, Mohamed Rukara, has uncovered a plot to kill him, his spokesperson says - blaming unnamed people.

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - A former rebel commander suspected by Burundi's security forces of masterminding the murder of 36 people in an attack last year has been killed by the Congolese army, a senior Burundian officer said on Friday. Carmel, also known as Mukono, was believed to lead an armed gang operating between Burundi and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. He was also a senior ...

Burundi's government bans Human Rights Watch from holding a press conference about its report into the escalation of political assassinations.

[RNW Africa] Bujumbura - Women in Burundi continue to suffer from the chaos that raged during the country's 12-year civil war. Since the conflict's end in 2005, local sexual abuse support centres have attended to over 10,000 rape victims.

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi has suspended taxes on imported basic foods such as flour and oil to help citizens squeezed by a jump in living costs that has prompted strikes, its president said on Tuesday. The government said last week that food production in the central African nation fell 30 percent in 2011 from the previous year due to harsh weather conditions, and it does not expect output ...