UN Refugees Chief Filippo Grandi talks with a woman and her baby from the refugee community during his official visit to Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Kasulu District, western Tanzania, February 7, 2019. Photo: UNHCR/Georgina Goodwin
In Tanzania, UN refugee chief praises ‘regional peacemaker’ role, and efforts to welcome neighbours on the run
The head of the UN Refugee Agency has praised Tanzania for the long-standing welcome it offers hundreds of thousands of refugees, describing it as a “regional peacemaker” in an unstable part of Africa, that deserves more…
Staff of OSESG-B at retreat to lay out plans for 2019. UN Photo/Napoleon Viban
OSESG-B lays out plans for 2019
The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi (OSESG-B) organized a one-day retreat on Friday, January 25, 2019 at the Lake Tanganyika Club.
UN-AU Joint Task Force reviews Peace and Security in Africa
The Joint Task Force reviewed the situation across the Continent at their 16th Consultative Meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 15 February 2019.
Special Envoy Michel Kafando briefs Security Council on the situation in Burundi, 19 Feb 2019. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
Inclusive dialogue ‘only viable option’ for resolving country’s political crisis says, UN envoy
An inter-Burundian, inclusive dialogue remains the only viable option for lasting settlement of the political crisis and the holding of elections in 2020 in a peaceful environment, the United Nations Special Envoy for the…
People fleeing in fear of violence in Burundi arrive in Mahama Refugee Camp, Rwanda (Archives). Photo - UNHCR, Kate Holt
UN human rights chief regrets closure of Burundi office following Government pressure
In a statement issued last March 5, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, announced her regret at the closure of the UN Human Rights Office in Burundi – which was set up more than two decades ago – at the…
Partial view of political actors and party representatives at the 5th round of the Inter-Burundi Dialogue, Oct 2018
EAC reports conclusion of 5th Round of the Inter-Burundi Dialogue
East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania, 29th October 2018: The 5th Round of the Inter-Burundi Dialogue bringing together political parties and political actors in the Burundian conflict concluded on 29 October…
Third African Union-United Nations Annual Conference
A joint communiqué issued at the end of the 3rd African Union-United Nations Annual Conference on 6 May 2019.
Albert Ndikumana, 29-year-old Burundian peacekeeper, was killed during an ambush on Aug. 23, 2018, in the village of Pavika, CAR. Photo: MINUSCA/Leonel Grothe
UN honours two fallen peacekeepers from Burundi
UN Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Friday, 24 May 2019.
The UN Security Council in session. UN Archives Photo/Loey Felipe
Ahead of 2020 elections, situation in Burundi shows encouraging signs but remains fragile
A UN Security Council meeting on the security and political situation in Burundi was held on Friday, as the country continues to grapple with a four-year-long crisis and is gearing up for new elections in 2020.
Repatriated Burundians from Tanzania in the transit center of Mabanda, Makamba province, Burundi. Archives Photos, OCHA/Christian Cricboom
‘Climate of fear everywhere’ in Burundi, warn rights experts
A “climate of fear” exists “everywhere” in Burundi ahead of elections in 2020, that’s from UN-appointed rights investigators on Wednesday, 4 September 2019 highlighting killings, arbitrary arrests and the torture of political…
UN ASG Bintou Keita in group photograph after meeting with Burundi 1st VP Gaston Sindimwo, 29 Aug 2019. Photo: UN/Burundi
ASG Keita Calls for Consolidation of Peace in Burundi
Remarking that four years on there hasn’t been any relapse into the kind of violence that erupted during the 2015 elections, UN Assistant Secretary General for Africa, Bintou Keita notes that this bodes well for the country…
Burundi Foreign minister Ezechiel Nibigira addressing UN General Assembly, Sepember 2019. Photo: UN
Stage set for successful 2020 Burundi elections, Foreign Minister tells General Assembly
With organizational and financial preparations for Burundi’s 2020 elections well underway, Ezechiel Nibigira, Minister of Foreign Affairs, told the UN General Assembly on Monday the Government is wary of, and will not…