Elsa Buchanan

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Elsa Buchanan is a news reporter for IBTimes UK's Africa desk. Elsa has previously reported from Burundi, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan and Tanzania, and has appeared as a guest on Islam Channel TV and National Public Radio (NPR) affiliates. Her work has been featured in the Independent, The New Statesman, and the Daily Telegraph. A photojournalist, she also explores the world's wounds and current affairs on her personal website.

Burundi crisis: Vice president flees, calls for embattled president to quit

Vice President Gervais Rufyikiri slams 'oversized repression' in letter to president Nkurunziza

Burundi: Hundreds of students camping outside US Embassy asked to leave or face violent removal

UPDATE: Students now in hiding in areas around the embassy, as they fear police reprisals

Burundi: Three dead in a series of grenade attacks amid rumours of second coup

Unidentified men launch a series of grenade attacks in Burundi's capital days before the elections.

Burundi: Tanzania's Kigoma refugee camp reaches 124,000 as Burundians continue to pour in

At least 58,000 new Burundian refugees have arrived at the camp this month following spike in violence.

WikiLeaks spy revelations: French authorities slam 'intolerable' US spying on presidents

President Hollande says Paris will not tolerate actions that threaten its security

Burundi: Civilians being disarmed ahead of possible refugee returns, claims government

Burundian government accepts arrival of foreign decommissioning experts'under condition'.

Burundi: Coup plotters 'unlawfully detained' as rumours of a second putsch emerge

Generals behind failed coup d'etat unlawfully detained for more than a month ahead of upcoming elections, says lawyer.

Burundi: 'Radical' Lion Story reggae band member seeks UK political asylum in fear for life

EXCLUSIVE: Manager of reggae band Lion Story tells IBTimes UK why he fears for his life in Burundi

Burundi: European Union threatens government with 'targeted measures' amid rising violence

EU is ready to support the implementation of the specific measures recently announced by the AU.

Burundi: Government prevents refugees from fleeing as interior minister shuts down border police

Refugees forbidden to leave Burundi as government wants to 'protect image of a safe country'.

France: First official outing for President Hollande's 'mistress'

Hollande's girlfriend Gayet gradually coming "into the light" as France's first lady

Burundi: Opposition leader Agathon Rwasa rejects idea of transitional government

EXCLUSIVE: Former Hutu rebel tells IBTimes UK he will will not boycott contested elections.

Burundi: Civilians 'plotting to take up arms against government'

Opposition supporters may join army defectors in armed struggle against regime before elections.

Burundi: Opposition calls for tax boycott in economic battle against regime

Opposition leader tells IBTimes UK why 'economic asphyxia' is only way to push President out

France: Marine Le Pen bans father Jean-Marie from new Eurosceptic party in European Parliament

Front National leader bans own father from anti-euro party but calls in ex-Ukip member Janice Atkinson.

Burundi: Opposition claims shady government appointments included vote from MP in coma

EXCLUSIVE: Politicians claim CENI members elected by flawed vote including that of woman who was in coma at the time.

Burundi: President Nkurunziza stands firm on third-term issue with EAC leaders

EXCLUSIVE: Leonce Ngendakumana tells IBTimes UK what was discussed during the EAC meeting.

Rwanda genocide: Hutu priest accused of crimes against humanity arrested in France

Under international arrest warrant the priest is accused of killing between 25 and 1,000 people

Burundi elections: Opposition cautiously welcomes African Union recommendations

Opposition leaders welcome new proposals but claim third-term issue is not fully addressed

Disgraced Former IMF Boss Strauss-Kahn In Paris Court To Ban Kiss-And-Tell Memoirs

France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn acquitted in pimping trial over champagne-fuelled orgies

BREAKING: Lille court judge announces former IMF chief is acquitted of pimping charges.

Pacelli Ndukimana Burundi lawyer Interview

Burundi: International community must pressure regime to avoid civilians taking arms, activist claims

Pacelli Ndukimana tells IBTimes UK why only foreign pressure can break Burundi's political deadlock

Burundi: 'Killing has become a daily duty'

EXCLUSIVE: Uncle of young man killed by police in Burundi tells IBTimes UK the country has become lawless

Burundi protests: Student killed by police sparks violence in Buyenzi and 'everything is burning'

BREAKING: At least two people dead in Buyenzi as youth try to carry bodies through the streets

Burundi: 600 university students refuse to leave US Embassy amid fear of reprisals

Three teachers arrested in Makamba as protests resume in the capital Bujumbura.

Burundi: Police tortured me with tear gas until I choked, says protester

EXCLUSIVE: A protester tells IBTimes UK of alleged acts of torture by Burundian police

Burundi: Electoral commission announces presidential elections to be held on 15 July

BREAKING: The electoral commission CENI announces new dates for controversial elections.

Burundi: Protest hotspots 'deserted' as people flee the capital claims opposition

UPDATE: 'Police behave as if people were at war' opposition leader tells IBTimes UK

Burundi: Coup plotters face harsher incarceration conditions, claims lawyer

EXCLUSIVE: Coup plotters' lawyer claims authorities using 'false information' to restrict liberties

Burundi: Opposition asks protesters to get whistles in demonstration campaign against president

Opposition says whistle campaign to as police carries out relentless crackdown xxx

Burundi: Hundreds of dissidents arrested as Nkurunziza carries out relentless crackdown

Protester tells IBTimes UK 'I could be killed and thrown in the river' as hundreds are arrested.