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Bujumbura, Rwanda: The United States urged Burundi's president on Tuesday to drop planned constitutional changes that could upset a delicate ethnic power balance, warning that the country risked a ...

* Protesters have been on streets for more than two weeks DAR ES SALAAM, May 13 (Reuters) - Protest organisers in Burundi urged African leaders meeting in Tanzania on Wednesday to demand that their ...

The former head of Burundi's army during its 13-year civil war was assassinated Saturday, further fuelling fears of a new civil war in the restive east central African country. Colonel Jean Bikomagu, ...

2003-07-19 04:00:00 PDT Bujumbura, Burundi-- Minutes after an artillery shell crashed through Jean-Marie Niyongabo's roof at 11 p.m., his neighbor rushed in to ask if anyone was hurt. The simple act ...

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Burundi is on the brink of a war that could have "potentially disastrous effects in an already fragile region" but there is no immediate need to deploy United ...

Burundi has moved closer to civil war after insurgents attacked military camps in the capital last week and authorities responded with house searches, arrests and alleged summary executions, the U.N.

Where there is war there are refugees fleeing war. More than 100,000 people have fled from the African nation of Burundi to neighboring countries, though they're not running from war but the terrible ...