For the Burundian community of South Australia, the presence of 'one of their own' in the Socceroos World Cup team is something to be treasured, as FIFA found out.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for stronger international support for Burundian refugees and their host communities, as chronic underfunding severely hampers the humanitarian response in ...

The coercive repatriation of Burundian refugees risks reproducing cycles of displacement ahead of Burundi’s 2027 elections.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Updates with refugee quotes) NAIROBI, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Burundian refugees who returned home on Thursday say they left camps in ...

The seven-nation East African Community (EAC) first deployed troops in the violence-plagued east of the DR Congo in November 2022, at the invitation of the country’s authorities, to free areas taken ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are urging Tanzania to ensure Burundian refugee returns are voluntary and based on individual choices – in keeping with the country’s longstanding history of ...

Activists have sharply criticized Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye over his assertion that gay people — married same-sex couples in particular — should be stoned in a stadium. Ndayishimiye ...

Since Rugurika's arrest in January, there has been a huge public mobilization campaign by Burundian journalists and independent groups. This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 18 ...

Tanzania says it has reached an agreement with Burundi to begin sending back all Burundian refugees from October. The repatriation effort will take place in collaboration with the United Nations.

Political violence has engulfed the African nation of Burundi. The U.N. Security Council has passed a resolution to try and prevent potential genocide, while refugees have been pouring into ...

Évariste Ndayishimiye’s first foreign visit as the president of Burundi was nothing if not symbolic. He chose Kigoma, a town in northwestern Tanzania near which about 154,000 Burundian nationals ...