Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and...

French, Swahili, and English. Radio began its activity in Burundi in 1961 with Radio Burundi, when the country was still a Belgian colony. Television made...

Ruanda-Urundi (French pronunciation: [ʁwɑ̃da uʁundi]), later Rwanda-Burundi, was a colonial territory, once part of German East Africa, that was occupied...

The Kingdom of Burundi (French: Royaume du Burundi), also known as Kingdom of Urundi (Kirundi: Ubwami bw'Urundi), was a Bantu kingdom in the modern-day...

formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton...

Relations between Burundi and Rwanda have existed for at least as long as the states themselves. Before contact with Europeans, Rwanda and Burundi were kingdoms...

Demographic features of the population of Burundi include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious...

Mass killings of Tutsis were conducted by the majority-Hutu populace in Burundi from 21 October to December 1993, under an eruption of ethnic animosity...

October 1961) was a Burundian prince and politician, who served as the second prime minister of Burundi for two weeks, from 28 September 1961 until his...

Burundi originated in the 16th century as a small kingdom in the African Great Lakes region. After European contact, it was united with the Kingdom of...

of Burundi "Mission – Ministère de la Justice – Burundi". www.justice.burundi.gov.bi (in French). Retrieved 2018-07-07. Official Records. UN. 1961. Studies...

mass killings—often characterised as a genocide—which were committed in Burundi in 1972 by the Tutsi-dominated army and government, primarily against educated...

narratives about their everyday lives. Women in Burundi secured the right to vote in 1961. By the time women in Burundi had the right to vote, almost 80% of women...

2003) was a Burundian politician who served as prime minister of Burundi from 1961 to 1963. He became prime minister following the assassination of his...

The Burundian Civil War was a civil war in Burundi lasting from 1993 to 2005. The civil war was the result of longstanding ethnic divisions between the...

"Burundi Bwacu" (Kirundi pronunciation: [buɾúːndi bɡát͡ʃu]; "Our Burundi") is the national anthem of Burundi. Written in the Kirundi language by a group...

Albin Nyamoya (27 July 1924 – 31 January 2001) was the Prime Minister of Burundi from 6 April 1964 — 7 January 1965 and again from 14 July 1972— 5 June...

January 2008 via UNAMID. The AU has a peacekeeping mission in Somalia, consisting of troops from Uganda and Burundi. The AU has adopted a number of important...

(CNDD–FDD) Burundi portal Burundi Politics of Burundi List of kings of Burundi President of Burundi List of presidents of Burundi Prime Minister of Burundi List...

National Progress and was an ethnic Hutu. On 18 June 1963, about a year after Burundi gained independence and amidst efforts to bring about political cooperation...

(Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA). On 18 September 1961 national elections were held in Burundi to determine the composition of the new Legislative Assembly...

position of prime minister in 1961 before UPRONA was decisively returned in the country's first elections ahead of Burundi's independence in July 1962. Although...

commander-in-chief in French Algeria), it took place from the afternoon of 21 to 26 April 1961 in the midst of the Algerian War (1954–1962). The organisers of the putsch...

nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Burundi, as amended; the Nationality Code of Burundi (French: Code de la nationalité burundaise), and...

1958 until his expulsion in 1961. In 1959 he and Prime Nyongabo founded the Union Culturelle de la Jeunesse Africaine du Burundi (UCJAB), a youth nationalist...

the Christian Democratic Party, he served as Minister of Interior of Burundi in 1961. He was later convicted of conspiring to kill Louis Rwagasore, a political...

primary school from 1961 to 1969 and thereafter attended the Holy Spirit Lycée until 1976. That year he enrolled at the University of Burundi, and he graduated...

Strive Masiyiwa (born 29 January 1961) is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman...

Angola, Sierra Leone, and Algeria in 2002, Liberia in 2003, and Sudan and Burundi in 2005. The Second Congo War, which involved 9 countries and several insurgent...

following African monarchies have existed in the twentieth century: Kingdom of Burundi (abolished 1966) Central African Empire (abolished 1979) Congo Free State...