At least 400 people have died in Burundi since April when President Pierre Nkurunziza launched his campaign for a third term in office which many oppose. Nkurunziza was re-elected in July.

His remarks do not carry the force of law. By Abdi Latif Dahir Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya Burundi’s president said that gay people in his country should be stoned, amid a widening crackdown ...

“People greet each other from a distance for fear of contaminating each other,” she said. “This will contribute enormously to the demise of akazehe.” In Ngozi, a hilly province in Burundi ...

Legislative and local elections in Burundi on June 5, 2025, took place in a context of severely restricted free speech and ...

On June 20, the presidents of the Rwandan and Burundian senates convened to explore ways to strengthen bilateral relations, which is a welcome and timely initiative. It's clear that closer cooperation ...

Burundi's veteran ruling party won every seat in last week's parliamentary elections, the electoral commission said Wednesday ...

“For me, I think that if we find these people in Burundi, they should be taken to stadiums and be stoned, and doing so would not be a crime.” Marriage equality doesn’t exist in the ...

The president of Burundi joined the chorus of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment among sub-Saharan African leaders on Friday by calling for the persecution of gay people in their countries. “If you want to ...

Without USAID employees, nobody can open the warehouses where the life-saving packets from the American people are stored. In Burundi, it will take us three months to get new supplies into the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Burundi’s president said that gay people in his country should be stoned, amid a widening crackdown against LGBTQ people in the East African nation that is adding to anti-gay ...

BUJUMBURA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people ...

Burundi’s president said gay people should be stoned, amid a larger crackdown on the LGBTQ community in the East African country. “If you want to attract a curse to the country, accept ...