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Burundi's president says gay people should be stoned
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBurundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT...
Burundi switches prime minister after president warns of coup plot
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBurundi's parliament on Wednesday swore in a new prime minister a week after President Evariste...
Burundi shuts border with Rwanda amid spat
Reuters via AOL· 5 months agoThe Rwandan government on Thursday said Burundi had decided to shut its border with the East African nation, weeks after the Burundian president accused it of hosting a rebel group. Burundi's ...
Burundi closes its border with Rwanda and deports Rwandans, accusing the country of backing rebels
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoBurundi's internal affairs minister on Thursday announced the country was suspending diplomatic ties with Rwanda, closing their border and deporting Rwandan citizens, claiming it was a response ...
Against a backdrop of rebel attacks and border closures, Rwanda and Burundi trade accusations
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRwandan authorities accused Burundi's leader of making “incendiary allegations aimed at inciting...
Burundi's president claims Rwanda is backing rebels fighting against his country
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBurundi’s president on Friday accused Rwanda of funding and training rebels behind an attack last week on the village of Gatumba, close to Burundi’s border with Congo, that killed at least 20 ...
Gunmen kill at least 20 people in western Burundi -govt
Reuters via AOL· 6 months agoGunmen killed at least 20 people and wounded nine others near Burundi's western border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government told reporters on Saturday, in an attack claimed ...
Rights group raise alarm after Burundi walkout from UN review
Reuters via Yahoo News· 12 months agoCivil society groups on Tuesday decried Burundi's decision to walk out of a review of its human rights record and voiced concerns about a perceived slide in countries' cooperation with U.N. ...
Gunmen kill two in car in Burundi near DR Congo border, residents say
Reuters via AOL· 10 months agoTwo people were killed and another wounded when their car was ambushed by gunmen in the west of Burundi near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, residents said on Sunday. The assault ...
Burundi rebel group kills nine in overnight attack - government
Reuters via AOL· 4 months agoGunmen from the Red Tabara rebel group killed nine people and injured others in an overnight attack in western Burundi near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, a government spokesperson ...