Burundi

6 November 2015 by AFP

BURUNDI "CLOSE TO CIVIL WAR", WARNS CRISIS GROUP After months of violence, troubled Burundi risks sliding into civil war, a leading think tank has warned, issuing a "conflict alert" after a string of battles between gunmen. "Burundi again faces the possibility of mass atrocities [...]

19 October 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net

BURUNDI GOVERNMENT WANTS ONE-WAY DIALOGUE “It’s not unusual to find dead bodies in Bujumbura these days. We discover them on the streets, in drainage channels, bushes and rivers,” wrote a Burundian journalist working for IRIN on October 5. Nobody has contested this fact, [...]

7 October 2015 by Désiré Nimubona/IRIN

Burundi's descent into hell BUJUMBURA, 5 October 2015 (IRIN) - It's not unusual to find dead bodies in Bujumbura these days. We discover them on the streets, in drainage channels, bushes and rivers. The UN has registered 134 killings since April, when Presid [...]

15 September 2015 by JusticeInfo.Net

FEAR AND SUSPICION WITHIN BURUNDI REGIME, SAYS EXPERT Paris University professor André Guichaoua is a leading specialist on the African Great Lakes region. In an exclusive interview with JusticeInfo.Net, he analyses recent developments in Burundi, from when President Pierre Nkurunziz [...]

Opinion

7 August 2015 by Carina Tertsakian

In Burundi rumours and violence are fuelling the uncertainty On Monday morning, panic spread after rumours began circulating on social media that Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, Burundi’s leading human rights activist, had been killed. In reality he was alive and well, working away as usual, docume [...]

21 July 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net

HIGH-RISK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN BURUNDI Citizens of Burundi are called to the polls Tuesday July 21 for presidential elections that are taking place amid high tension. Incumbent president Pierre Nkurunziza’s announcement that he would run for a third term has triggered [...]

10 July 2015 by Pierre Hazan

Burundi policy of victim forgiveness amid renewed conflict After the Central African Republic last week, we will now look at Burundi authorities’ approach to forgiveness for mass crimes before the President’s bid for a third term unleashed the latest outbreak of violence. In Burundi, prop [...]

AFP

8 July 2015 by AFP

Burundi ruling party wins controversial parliamentary poll The ruling party of Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has swept to an expected overwhelming victory in controversial parliament elections that were boycotted by the opposition, according to official results released Tuesday. T [...]

28 June 2015 by JusticeInfo.net

BURUNDI GOVERNMENT’S CHOSEN PATH COULD PLUNGE COUNTRY INTO GRAVE CRISIS, SAYS EXPERT Burundi is set to hold delayed and controversial legislative elections Monday, following two months of violent protests against current President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term. Presidential elections are scheduled for J [...]

10 June 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.net, Arusha

Burundi President Wields Constitutional Court Ruling A May 5 decision by Burundi’s Constitutional Court is now serving as a weapon for President Pierre Nkurunziza and his regime. Despite unprecedented internal protests and appeals from donor countries, the head of state is clear tha [...]

Opinion

3 June 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza

Burundi and the Risk of Civil War Burundian university professor René Claude Niyonkuru, a trained lawyer and human rights activist, fears President Pierre Nkurunziza’s stubborn desire to run for a third term despite massive internal protest could plunge Burundi ba [...]

27 May 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza

BURUNDI’S PRO-NKURUNZIZA YOUTH ACCUSED OF SPEARHEADING REPRESSION Arusha, May 21, 2015 (FH) – Torture, muffling victims’ cries of pain, removing their bodies in the night: these are some of the accusations against the youth of the ruling party in Burundi. The warning comes in a letter signed by [...]

14 May 2015 by IRIN (Désiré Nimubona )

Burundi Who is Godefroid Niyombare ? Major-General Godefroid Niyombare on Wednesday announced the ouster of President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi over his controversial bid to run for a third term in office. The apparent coup took place after almost two weeks of str [...]

13 May 2015 by AFP

ICC "closely" watching Burundi violence: prosecutor International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warned Friday her office would closely monitor the run-up to elections in Burundi and would not hesitate to prosecute perpetrators of "mass violence". Tensions are risin [...]