Saturday, October 15, 2022

Burundi after exit of Nkurunziza’s men - what Evariste Ndayishimiye should do next

The dismissal was a public display of divisions within the ruling party (CNDD-FDD) about what direction the country should go in, and what the government’s priorities should be.

In the preceding months, it had become clear that the CNDD-FDD’s authority was waning as a result of these



Hardliner Takes Charge in Burundi

On September 7, Burundi’s president, Évariste Ndayishimiye, removed government officials he said he no longer trusted. Most significantly, he replaced the prime minister, Alain Guillaume Bunyoni. Given Bunyoni’s poor record on human rights, including at one time overseeing security


UN Rights Body Should Maintain Scrutiny on Burundi

We thank the Special Rapporteur for his report and update on Burundi. Human Rights Watch remains deeply concerned by the continuing human rights crisis in Burundi. Now more than ever, international scrutiny, independent monitoring, and strong reporting are needed.

Since the Special



Tanzania seeks funds to repatriate Burundian refugees

Tanzania has submitted a request to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) asking partners to help finance a voluntary repatriation of Burundi refugees.

Tanzania’s Home Affairs Minister Hamad Yusuf Masauni made the appeal on Wednesday at the 73rd meeting of the



ONU yamaganye Uburusiya kwigarurira ubutaka bwa Ukraine... Burundi na Uganda byifashe

Inteko rusange y’Umuryango w’Abibumbye yatoye ku bwiganze umwanzuro wamagana ko Uburusiya bwiyometseho intara enye za Ukraine.

Uwo mwanzuro washyigikiwe n’ibihugu 143 – mu gihe ibihugu 35 - birimo u Burundi, Uganda, South Sudan, Ubushinwa n’Ubuhinde - byifashe.



Burundi: Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Burundi

During the reporting period, many trends documented since the beginning of Burundi's human rights crisis in April 2015 persisted. In late April 2015, public demonstrations broke out in response to the late president Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a controversial third electoral