Vol 67 No 22 |
- RUSSIA
- AFRICA
Putin promised that Russia would ‘continue to play the role of a responsible supplier of grain crops to Africa; we will do so as before on both a contractual and a gratuitous basis' at a joint press conference with Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye who co-chaired the summit as chair of the African Union...
Vol 67 No 9 |
- UNITED NATIONS
At that point he had a heavyweight sponsor: Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye who chairs the African Union this year submitted Sall's nomination on 2 March briefly creating the impression of continental momentum behind him...
DISPATCHES
President Évariste Ndayishimiye is increasingly jittery about the proximity of Rwandan troops to the Burundian border as well as the humanitarian costs caused by M23's expansion in South Kivu (AC Vol 66 No 25 Profile: Ndayishimiye – dragged to the frontline)...
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President Évariste Ndayishimiye's New Year jitters after the capture by M23 and Rwandan troops of Uvira a city 5 kilometres from the Burundian border will hardly have been eased by starting 2026 having to slap down his Foreign Minister Édouard Bizimana...
Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye's stock had risen after he and Kenya's President William Ruto were invited to the signing of the peace deal in Washington...
Vol 66 No 22 |
- NIGERIA
- SAHEL
They are likely to be encouraged by the African Union which has appointed President Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi as special envoy for the Sahel and the former Gambian foreign minister Mamadou Tangara as its Bamako-based special representative heading the new AU Mission for Mali and the Sahel (MISAHEL)...
President Évariste Ndayishimiye has accused Rwanda of backing the Résistance pour un État de Droit au Burundi (RED-Tabara) group based in Kivu-Sud which aims to topple his government...
Relations soured between Burundi and Rwanda after President Évariste Ndayishimiye announced he was suspending diplomatic ties with Rwanda and closing their border...
He added that alongside the FDLR whose objective is to overthrow Rwanda's government both Congo-K's President Félix Tshisekedi and Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye 'have publicly stated their intention to support regime change in Rwanda'...
Chaired by Angola's president João Lourenço the summit brought together Congo-Kinshasa's Felix Tshisekedi Kenyatta Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye and Rwanda's foreign minister Vincent Biruta...