A team of senior soldiers from Burundi army is in the country to benchmark the efforts of Uganda's People’s Defence Forces in supporting the government to address food security in the region.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Bujumbura: The head of Burundi's army said on Thursday that an attempted coup had failed ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Burundi's army has captured scores of gunmen and killed others in two days of clashes in ...

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye said he had seen "credible intelligence" that Rwanda has a plan to attack his country, whose forces have battled Rwandan-backed rebels in neighbouring ...

A ceasefire was reached between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and the Congolese army but it was short-lived. Now the prospects of a spillover into neighbouring Burundi is raising concerns. Nomsa ...

Since October 2023, Burundi has sent more than 10,000 soldiers to help the Congolese army against the M23 and other armed groups. However, the officer said the soldiers in the DRC were now facing ...

The war in Burundi began following the October 1993 assassination of President Melchoir Ndadaye by a group of Tutsi army officers. Freely and fairly elected some months before, Ndadaye was the ...