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22 August – Burundi reports 171 new mpox cases, raising the total case count in the country to 572 cases. [ 2 ] 22 August – President Evariste Ndayishimiye issues pardons to 5,442 inmates, equivalent to 41% of the country's prison population, as part of efforts to ease overcrowding in jails.
Over the years, Burundi has always had the problem of corruption at all times, particularly before colonial times, in the colonial period and even in the contemporary times. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The country is endowed with many resources and a good geographical location that has attracted both trade and commerce, and at the same time encouraged ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Minor wars (1,000–9,999) Conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world ...
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi. 25 January – Kirundi becomes an official language. [2] 2 April – Fifteen people are killed after two coal pits are flooded in Cibitoke. [3] 22 December – Twenty people are killed, mostly civilians, and nine others are injured in an attack by the RED-Tabara rebel group in Vugizo, Makamba. [4]
Additionally, neighboring Burundi and Rwanda, who have a thorny relationship, are accused of being involved, with Rwanda accused of training Burundi rebels who have joined with Mai Mai against the Banyamulenge and the Banyamulenge is accused of harboring the RNC, a Rwandan opposition group supported by Burundi. [147]
Despite these issues, the National Defence Force (Burundi) and the Imbonerakure conducted several incursions into the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2021 and 2022 aimed at attacking the group., [11] [12] On December 23, 2023, the group claimed responsibility for an attack on the village of Vugizo which killed 20 people and wounded nine others ...
The political landscape of Burundi has been dominated in recent years by the civil war and a long peace process and move to democracy. Pierre Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader of the Hutu National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy, was elected to become president in a vote by parliament on 19 August 2005.
Burundi: Martyazo: Victory. Start of the First Burundian Genocide. Michel Micombero. 800–1200 [1] Burundian Civil War [2] (1993–2005)