He denied the country is in flames following escalating ... Officials say the AU has representatives in Burundi monitoring the situation on the ground. The African Union Commission's deputy ...

Burundi has also refused to allow observers, including those of the AU and UN Human Rights Council, to operate freely in the country. Since January 2016, when the AU Assembly rejected the PSC’s ...

The African Union will not deploy peacekeepers to Burundi unless the government in Bujumbura agrees, a senior AU official has said ... conflict-hit east African country without the consent ...

The African Union has warned that the political crisis in Burundi could have catastrophic consequences for the country and the surrounding region. The statement, by AU Commission chief Nkosazana ...

Addis Ababa - The African Union says it has written to Burundi's president urging him to consent to the deployment of a peacekeeping force to quell the country's escalating unrest. In statement AU ...

Burundi votes for a new parliament on Thursday but with little risk of an upset after the main opposition was effectively ...

Burundi said it has the backing of other ... on the potential deployment of 5,000 troops to the crisis-hit country. Talks at the AU Peace and Security Council in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa ...

(photo credit: GIGAWATT GLOBAL) President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye officially inaugurated a solar power plant near the country’s capital on Tuesday together with the CEO of the ...