Burundi

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it had approved $7.6 million debt relief to Burundi to help address the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.It said the relief for three months would be potentially raised to $24.97…

Burundi’s ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, picked its secretary-general, Evariste Ndayishimiye, as its candidate in a presidential election scheduled for May, it said yesterday.Ndayishimiye, 52, also heads the department of military affairs…

Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the United Nations humanitarian agency has said, a death toll rivaling an Ebola outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.In its latest situation report,…

A senior aide to Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza was injured in an attack on Monday night that also killed one of his bodyguards, officials said, according to Reuters.The International Criminal Court (ICC) says at least 450 people…

Burundi has informed United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of its decision to quit the International Criminal Court, it said on Wednesday, adding momentum to mounting African opposition to the Hague-based tribunal.According to…

France on Tuesday said it deplored a decision by Burundi to ban three UN investigators from its territory, saying the East African country was losing credibility over promises to respect human rights.In a brief letter from Foreign…

BURUNDI'S government has said the country intends to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC).The cabinet announcement comes six months after the court's prosecutor said she would investigate ongoing violence in the country,…