Burundi’s government on Saturday rejected the African Union’s plans to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to stop escalating violence triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s extended tenure ...
In this East African country, one of the poorest in the world, the elimination of US aid and the overall reduction in international funding have had an immediate impact on the fight against HIV and ...
The African Union (AU) has pulled back from its plan to impose a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force on Burundi. The AU proposed in December to deploy the peacekeeping force with a mandate to protect ...
© President Pierre Nkurunziza arrives to inaugurate Burundi’s Chinese-built state house on September 27, 2019. (Photo by ONESPHORE NibigIra/AFP via Getty Images ...
Dr. Jennifer Furin is an infectious disease physician and lecturer at Harvard Medical School with more than 30 years of experience responding to global outbreaks. Dr. Nesar Hamraz is an infectious ...
Seconde Nimenya worries every day about her family back in Burundi. She’s an author living in Seattle. But her brother Cyriaque is stuck in his home in Bujumbura, Burundi’s capital, with his wife, ...
BUJUMBURA, Burundi—Burundi’s president said a proposed African Union peacekeeping force for his country is unacceptable and will be fought as hostile invaders. In an address to the nation Wednesday, ...
The African Union is planning to send 5,000 peacekeepers to protect civilians in strife-torn Burundi and has given the government there 96 hours to respond to the proposed mission, officials said ...
Stripped of the right to host the tournament and plunged into the qualifying competition halfway through, Cameroon earned its place at the African Cup of Nations finals and the chance to defend its ...