Burundi Gen Evariste wins presidential election
By AL JAZEERA & NEWS AGENCIES The vote is meant to usher in the first democratic transfer of power in 58 years of independence. Burundi's election commission has declared the...
Burundi defies Covid19, votes Nkurunziza successor
By BBC Burundi is about to lose its president of 15 years but gain a "supreme guide to patriotism", according to the official title that will be given to Pierre...
Burundi kicks out WHO staff
By BBC The World Health Organization (WHO) is in the process of evacuating four members of its staff from Burundi after they were told to leave by the government. Matshidiso...
Gunfire as Burundi, Rwandan soldiers clash
On Friday 8 May 2020, in Rweru sector of Bugesera district in the Eastern Province, a group of fishermen from Burundi illegally crossed into the Rwandan waters in Lake Rweru....
Burundian increases Uganda’s Covid19 cases to 56
The ministry of Health has confirmed one new case of Covid19. The new case is a 46 year-old Burundian refugee who arrived from Tanzania. The patient was quarantined in Rakai...
Covid19 taskforce hits Shs4.3bn after NRM raises Shs380m
The National taskforce spearheading efforts to raise relief support has to date raised UGX 4.3 billion. This was after the ruling NRM party made its donation of UGX 380 million...
Burundi ruling party official murdered
By SOS Media Gratien Coyiremeye was killed Saturday night by unknown people. Member of the ruling party, he was the village secretary of the same party in Gahororo, in the...
Burundian succumbs to coronavirus in Malawi
A Burundian national has died in Malawi after contracting coronavirus. Malawi currently has 13 cases, zero recoveries and two deaths. Minister of Health Jappie Mhango announced that the second victim...
Burundi: God protecting us from coronaviruS
By AFP In Burundi, the delayed arrival of coronavirus was attributed to "God's protection". Now that the country has three cases, authorities again see divine intervention at work and little...
Burundi football bans goal celebrations
By BBC Burundi's football federation has said it is going to carry on with the league after consulting the country's health minister regarding the coronavirus outbreak, but has introduced a...