BUJUMBURA, Burundi – Witnesses say four people were killed overnight in the Burundian capital of Bujumbura as violence persists following the controversial re-election of President Pierre ...

In an exclusive interview with the East African Business Weekly, Burundi president Mr. Nkurunziza announced that Burundi is planning to move its capital city to Gitega, a city located in centre of ...

Gunmen shot dead an East African parliament lawmaker in the capital of Burundi, the latest violence in the country’s 14-month political crisis that’s claimed more than 470 lives.

A man was seen lying dead in a street in the capital of Burundi on Friday and people in the area which has been a hotbed for protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza said police had shot him ...

Every Sunday, she opens her house to the homeless street children of Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, providing them with free meals. CNN Caring for Burundi's street children — ...

The Republic of Burundi officially launched its 2025 election campaign season on Friday, May 9, with a symbolic ceremony in Gitega, the country’s political capital. The event marked the formal ...

In July 2011, Audace Vianney Habonarugira made his way to our office in Bujumbura, then the capital of Burundi, to talk. He was a hunted man and had taken precautions to meet us discreetly.

In some neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, floods occur regularly without the government finding a sustainable solution. Since April 4, 2023, severe flooding in ...