East Africa’s peace mission in the DRC: why it’s in Burundi’s interest to help: Burundian military personnel arrive at Goma airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on 5 March, 2023. ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images Burundi was the first country to offer troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2022 as part …
Burundi’s Gatumba massacre offers a window into the past and future of the DRC conflict: Men hold up protest signs in front of the coffins of DRC refugees killed in August 2004 in Gatumba, Burundi. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images For nearly three decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been embroiled in violence. …
How Burundi’s independent press lost its freedom: President Evariste Ndayishimiye takes the oath of office on June 18, 2020. He took over from the late Pierre Nkurunziza. The general and presidential elections of May 2020, followed by the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza, put the international media spotlight on Burundi. The country is now facing …
Nkurunziza left a troubling legacy: Burundi’s new leader has much to mend: Burundi's president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye signs a condolence book for Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza. (Photo by Evrard Ngendakumana/Xinhua via Getty) Pierre Nkurunziza, who presided over Burundi’s destiny for 15 years, died in June at the age of 55. He died three weeks after the …
Why history will judge Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza harshly: President Pierre Nkurunziza arrives to inaugurate Burundi's Chinese-built state house on September 27, 2019. (Photo by ONESPHORE NibigIra/AFP via Getty Images) Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundi’s football-loving president and self-proclaimed pastor, has died at the age of 55. By all accounts this was death most cruel. He was soon …
Democracy in peril: Burundi’s referendum will cement Nkurunziza’s grip on power: A sign at a candlelit vigil tells the story of a country sliding further into authoritarianism. DAI KUROKAWA/EPA The citizens of Burundi, the small country in Central Africa that borders Tanzania, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are about to vote in …