Burundi President Évariste Ndayishimiye Stories

Explainer: What you need to know about the Burundi elections
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 05, 2025

Voters will be choosing MPs to sit in the National Assembly, which has 123 members.

Rwanda planning to attack Burundi, claims President Ndayishimiye
Barack Oduor  |  Mar 25, 2025

The head of state also claimed that Rwanda led by President Paul Kagame had tried to organise a coup 10 years ago in Burundi, comparing it to the cris...

Kagame accuses Burundi counterpart of lying about DRC military deployment
Amina Wako  |  Mar 25, 2024

The situation unfolded in October 2023, with reports suggesting that Burundi quietly dispatched 1,000 soldiers near Goma, eastern DRC, purportedly to...

Burundi blames Rwanda after RED-Tabara rebels kill nine
Amina Wako  |  Feb 26, 2024

Rwanda, led by President Paul Kagame, has in the past denied accusations of supporting the RED-Tabara and the M23 rebels.

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