Dar es Salaam. Tanzania played a complex and pivotal role during the turbulent 1990s in the Great Lakes region—simultaneously serving as a humanitarian haven for hundreds of thousands of refugees and ...

The U.S.-brokered deal represents a diplomatic breakthrough. But observers are skeptical it will deliver on its ambitious ...

Burundi President Ndayishimiye named AU special envoy for Sahel region He will lead the AU’s efforts to address the growing security and humanitarian challenges in the region.

On July 15, 1994, an unprecedented 250,000 Rwandan refugees crossed from Gisenyi (now Rubavu) into Goma, in what was then Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo--DRC).

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A humanitarian crisis is looming at Malawi's largest refugee camp. The UNHCR says it can no longer fund the camp that houses some 57,000 people from DR Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Burundi and Ethiopia.

A senior opposition official in Burundi on Saturday criticised the African Union for describing the country's election as "credible" despite widespread claims of irregularities and intimidation ...

Burundian troops in Somalia, who were to depart from the African Union mission by end of June, will now stay longer to help plug personnel holes in combating extremists. The decision was reached ...

Burundi has officially inaugurated the Jiji Hydropower Plant, a flagship renewable energy project that is set to transform the country’s energy landscape and accelerate its path toward energy ...

They then attacked them," according to the official from Gasarara Hill, six miles east of Burundi's economic capital, Bujumbura. "Six people were killed, two of them burned alive.