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The Rwandan government has denied allegations that it armed a rebel group that carried out a grenade attack on Burundi’s economic hub Bujumbura. “At least 38 people were injured in Friday’s attack. These terrorists were recruited, trained and even equipped with weapons in Rwanda and by Rwanda,” Pierre Nkurikiye, the …

Burundi has banned rickshaws, motorcycle taxis and all other forms of two- and three-wheel public transport from the commercial capital, Bujumbura. Private bicycles and motorbikes are also banned. Police are stationed on roads leading to the city to make sure the vehicles remain on the periphery. The government says drivers …

At least two Burundian soldiers, including a lieutenant-colonel, were killed in the locality of Busangana, commune of Bukeye (50 km from Bujumbura to the north-west), the Anadolu agency reports. “It is about Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Marie Nkurunziza and one of his bodyguards, killed during an exchange of fire between soldiers of …

Three people were reportedly killed and dozens wounded after a series of explosions in the Burundian economic capital, Bujumbura. According to witnesses, at least two grenades exploded in a bus parking area, causing panic. A third explosion targeted a market and a fourth grenade exploded near a packed bus in …

At least two people were killed and several others injured in a bar by a grenade attack in the Burundian capital, Gitega, police said. Reports from the city say the attack occurred in a bar, near a busy bus stand, on Sunday evening as people gathered for a drink. The …

A Burundian rebel group said it has launched an overnight attack on the airport in the commercial capital Bujumbura. The RED-Tabara group said it fired mortars and fought the military for more than an hour but the army’s spokesperson said he was not aware of an attack. Read also: Algeria: …

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has asked the country’s media council to “immediately discuss with media who’ve been suspended or banned in the country” so that they may reopen. Among such media is the BBC World Service, which was banned from broadcasting in, and working from, Burundi since March 2019. The …