- Vol 53 No 19
- 21st September 2012
Rebel forces have stepped up attacks on government positions ahead of a critical aid conference in Geneva
- Vol 53 No 10
- 11th May 2012
The Interior Minister, Edouard Nduwimana, ordered Human Rights Watch to cancel a news conference in Bujumbura on 2 May at which the campaigning organisation had planned to release a report on political violence in Burundi. The official reason was that HRW...
- Vol 53 No 3
- 3rd February 2012
Tanzania arrested a Burundian seen by many as a man of peace but UN experts say he supports armed rebellion
- Vol 52 No 22
- 4th November 2011
A hardline faction in the government and the bitter disappointment of the former rebels threaten the country’s hard-won peace
- Vol 52 No 11
- 27th May 2011
Burundi has a few things in common with Rwanda. One is United States’ gratitude for its soldiers’ work in peacekeeping: Rwandans serve in Darfur, Sudan, and Burundians in the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom). Another is grenade attacks, far more ...
- Vol 52 No 3
- 4th February 2011
The clean sweep by President Pierre Nkurunziza and his Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie-Forces pour la défense de la démocratie (CNDD-FDD) at the 2010 elections has failed to dispel fears that violence will increase further. The oppositio...
- Vol 51 No 13
- 25th June 2010
Democracy has not been established despite international encouragement and the presidential election is a one-horse race
- Vol 51 No 7
- 2nd April 2010
The President fears he may not be re-elected in June; his opponents fear they may be eliminated
- Vol 50 No 18
- 11th September 2009
Election rules seemed to have been agreed but the President wants new ones to make sure he wins
- Vol 50 No 18
- 11th September 2009
The good news for Burundi is that 80% of the cost of next year's elections - US$45 million, about 5% of the budget - will be paid by foreign donors. The bad news for President Pierre Nkurunziza is that those donors will watch to see that the elections are...