Burundi

Despite Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye's pledges to end repression, the human rights situation in the East African country has "deteriorated" in the 15 months since he took office, United Nations investigators said Thursday.

At least 15 people were burnt alive or shot dead in a horrific attack in central Burundi after armed men blocked off a road and started killing travelers, security sources said Sunday.

 The EU is preparing to resume budgetary aid to Burundi, despite NGOs' reports of ongoing human rights abuses by the government there.

The Burundian government and European Union Thursday winded up the second round of political dialogue aimed at improving relations and leading to the lifting of sanctions imposed on Burundi since 2015.

The US government's 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices documents human rights violations in Burundi from 2015 to date.

UN experts are urging Burundi’s president to keep the promises he made when he assumed power in June to improve the country’s human rights record. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council on the prevailing situation in the country. 

The UN’s Commission of Inquiry on Burundi accuses the ruling party and Burundian authorities of implementing a strategy based on violence that skewers election results in their favor.  The commission has just submitted its final report to the UN Human Rights Council. 

RED-Tabara says attacks this week killed more than 40 people.

Impunity for rape, murder and other abuses is still widespread in Burundi despite a change of government, a UN report released on Thursday said.

[…] A senior government official said the attack, which occurred as the country was holding local elections, was not unexpected and potentially linked to the imminent repatriation of refugees from Rwanda.