Rwandan President Paul Kagame implored neighbouring Burundi to avoid the ethnic violence that ended in genocide in his country in 1994, in an emotional speech that was shared on social media on ...

Burundi, a small, landlocked country in East Africa, has a similar ethnic make-up to its neighbor Rwanda, where Hutu extremists killed 800,000 Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus in a 1994 genocide.

Tanzania’s open-door policy in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and Burundi’s civil conflict drew praise internationally ...

Burundi has expelled a senior Rwandan diplomat, officials said on Wednesday, the latest sign of tension between the central African neighbors that share a history of ethnic conflict.

The violence in Burundi has rekindled memories of the 1994 genocide in neighbouring Rwanda NAIROBI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The government of Burundi has said it will not attend peace talks scheduled ...

It has been unstable for months, but now the authorities are using language that recalls the run-up to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, right next door.

As was the case in Rwanda in 1994, today’s Burundian government feels besieged. Several of its members have been assassinated, and rebels have launched attacks into Burundi from foreign refugee ...

Today, as in 1994, Burundi is tottering on the brink of the abyss. Once again the Rwanda genocide casts an ominous shadow on the future of this small, poverty-stricken Central African nation.

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new ...