Burundian drumming is a global phenomenon, featured in blockbuster movies and best-selling albums. But at home, authorities have restricted it to official functions — and banned women from performing.

BUJUMBURA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Burundi's ex-President Pierre Buyoya said on Wednesday he had resigned his position as an African Union envoy after his conviction and life sentence last month for the ...

Burundi is urging the United Nations to officially recognize the mass killings of Hutus in 1972–1973 as a genocide, over five decades after the violence claimed tens of thousands of lives. Speaking at ...

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - A Burundi military court sentenced a colonel to death and gave life imprisonment to three other officers on Thursday for the killing of 30 civilians during operations against ...