Burundi
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The (surprisingly political) cost of a goat in Burundi
Critics say state-backed farming cooperatives have become a tool for recruiting people into the ruling party and are sowing division. When Jean Niyangabo, 33, ... -
Burundi: How different is President Ndayishimiye?
After Nkurunziza’s dark final years, opposition members, journalists and activists note signs of light from the past year, but remain cautious. At his inauguration ... -
I cry, not for Nkurunziza, but for the lives he broke
I cry for the country we could have had these past five years, for the blood that could have been spared, for the memories ... -
Burundi: Can newly-elected President Ndayishimiye deliver change?
Burundi’s new president inherits an internationally isolated and internally fractured country. On 20 May, as most of the world was preoccupied with COVID-19, Burundi ... -
Burundi: A president “chosen by God” and those who disagree
Pierre Nkurunziza continues to tighten his grip ahead of May 2020 elections. Is it too late to stop the crisis deepening? Four years after ... -
Insiders Insight: All quiet in Burundi? Not quite.
This week’s free preview section (scroll down to see it) is about the latest developments in Burundi since its political crisis hit the international headlines ... -
“There is pressure on us”: Burundian refugees in Tanzania pushed to return
With words and actions, the Tanzanian is pressuring Burundian refugees to go home, putting them at greater risk of abuses. Over the last few ... -
Is food self-sufficiency making a comeback?
Qatar and Burundi have been forced to innovate due to political crises. But the rest of the world could learn a lot from their ... -
Burundi’s referendum is another nail in the coffin of a once hopeful peace
If today’s vote goes President Nkurunziza’s way – as it almost certainly will – more of Burundi’s hard-won democratic freedoms will be sacrificed. The ... -
The Burundi peace talks are all wrong
Not only has the latest round of peace negotiations failed. It has also fundamentally misdiagnosed the problem in the first place. Earlier this month, ...
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