UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Regional and international action in Burundi at the moment isn’t sufficient to address the threat of escalating human rights violations and potential mass atrocities, a United ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has won a third term in office, an electoral official announced Friday, amid controversy over whether his new term is constitutional.

Refugees who fled Burundi's violence and political tension board a speedboat to reach a ship on Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, on May 23. Some 100,000 refugees have fled Burundi for neighboring countries ...

Refugee crisis in Tanzania sparked by unrest in neighboring Burundi Thousands have fled their homes and headed across the border to the tiny fishing village of Kagunga, on Lake Tanganyika UNHCR is ...

As protests and sporadic violence continue to roil his country, Burundi’s President has pushed back the parliamentary and local council elections by one week, to June 6, a presidential spokesman said ...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – A little more than a week ago, Benny Uwamahoro went out for a beer. He met up with some friends, listened to some music and then received a mysterious call around 8:30 p.m. asking ...

Burundi’s journalists and human rights defenders have had a rough year. A relentless government crackdown has forced almost all of them to flee the country. The assault has been overwhelming: ...

Violence from coordinated attacks on three Burundian army installations killed 87 people, an army spokesman said Saturday, showing the escalating turmoil over the disputed third term of President ...

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza on Sunday appeared in the capital for the first time since an attempted coup against his government last week. Nkurunziza appeared before journalists at his ...

The killing was a surgical strike that many believe was carried out by members of the military. Many worry that if the army is pulled into political divisions, the country is headed toward civil war.

Hundreds of mourners in Burundi spilled out of a funeral service Tuesday at a Catholic church, their hands raised and their palms open in what is now a global meme against police violence. They were ...