Stories from Bujumbura · Burundi

The TAPSA campaign has trained nearly 4000 peasant households in Burundi, involving 23,000 individuals. This initiative employs simple, inexpensive, and effective techniques.

Burundi's Supreme Court has declared a parliamentary vote incompatible with the Constitution, invalid, and annulled, ordering the reinstatement of an impeachment inquiry against the president.

A wave of Burundian refugees is returning to Burundi after being hosted in Tanzania for many years. The refugees had originally fled a deadly civil war and political crisis in Burundi. The return follows a long period of displacement in Tanzania.

The army arrested and beat members of the National Unity Platform in Burundi during an operation involving election scrutineers.

Burundi's president has been nominated by his party to run in the 2027 presidential election. This nomination was widely expected. The president has been in office since 2005.