The COVID Death of Burundi Ruler, Pierre NkurunzizaHow will Burundi move forward? The longtime ruler of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, died suddenly on June 8th, quite possibly from...
With No One Watching, Burundi Slides Further into RepressionThe release of Reporters Without Borders annual Press Freedom index this week coincided with a grim anniversary for Burundi, which...
Burundi moves to withdraw from the ICC. No country has ever done that before.It’s almost as if the government does not want to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. “Lawmakers in Burundi overwhelmingly...
African Union Diplomacy Fails to Take off in Burundi. Literally and MetaphoricallySouth African President Jacob Zuma and four other heads of state from Ethiopia, Senegal, Gabon and Mauritania joined together in...
Burundi is in a TailspinBurundi is inching ever closer to disaster. The crisis began last year, when President Pierre Nkurinziza decided to run for...
AU Calls off Burundi TroopsBurundi would not consent to the deployment, so the AU thought better of mounting what would be tantamount to an...
UNSC Visits Burundi. Message in TowCan the UNSC convince the government to accept peacekeepers? “The delegation is seeking an end to the violence that has...
Could Trouble in Burundi Take Down the Whole Region?Nine months after President Pierre Nkurunziza upended Burundi’s fragile post-conflict peace by announcing he would stand for a third term...
UN Human Rights Experts Headed to BurundiThis emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council was all the more extraordinary for the fact that Burundi is...
