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UN Security Council agrees to deploy up to 228 more troops to conflict-hit Burundi
Burundi government has already told the UN it would not accept more than 50 troops in the country.
Burundi ruling party youth wing Imbonerakure gang-raped hundreds of women and girls says HRW
Imbonerakure allegedly beat and gang-raped female family members of perceived opposition.
Former Burundian minister Hafsa Mossi murdered in capital Bujumbura
Mossi, Burundi's representative to the East Africa legislative assembly, was gunned down.
Arusha peace talks in tatters as Burundi government rejects presence of opposition members
IBTimes UK speaks to activist Pacifique Nininahazwe, who was excluded from the talks.
Burundi: What to expect from the Inter-Burundi Dialogue in Arusha
IBTimes UK speaks to opposition and peace activists about possible outcome of talks.
Torture in Burundi: Police said it 'would pull a tooth a day until I admitted I worked for human rights'
Former detainees told HRW Burundi's intelligence services has allegedly 'become increasingly vicious'.
Burundi: Civil society rejects government claims 'violence is not ethnically motivated'
Opposition tells IBTimes UK Burundi's forces carry out targeted killings of members of the Tutsi community.
Burundi: Government denies UN findings that violence has 'ethnic twist'
Human Rights Minister Martin Nivyabandi says security operations in 'respect of international law'.
Burundi: Increased violence and incitement have 'ethnic conflict' overtones, UN warns
Leaders spark genocide fears with anti-Tutsi propaganda amid violent political crackdown.
World Refugee Day: Hundreds gather in Nairobi to stand in solidarity with forced migrants
IBTimes UK attended celebrations in the capital's Kayole suburb as refugees performed traditional dances.
Burundi: Civil society urges authorities to shed light on fate of two young activists
Clovis Ntukamazina and Emmanuel Kamana are missing since their arrest on 21 October 2015
South Africa tops 'Good Country' survey of African nations – which were the worst?
DRC, Rwanda and Burundi in the Great Lakes region are in the bottom third of the table.
Artists from Africa's Great Lakes region seek to plant roots of peace and democracy with new song
EXCLUSIVE: IBTimes UK speaks to Burundian rapper Kaya Free about 'living in harmony without divisions'.
Rwanda expels thousands of Burundian refugees amid worsening relations
Burundi has repeatedly accused Rwanda of training Burundian refugees to overthrow its president.
Burundi: President Nkurunziza calls for return of $71.3m 'stolen' from government
Nkurunziza gave a two-month deadline for getting back the stolen or embezzled money.
Burundi's invisible victims: Internally displaced civilians are going hungry
EXCLUSIVE: Burundi IDP speaks to IBTimes UK about hiding in the bush, fear and hunger
Burundi crisis one year on: 'Don't let us be killed like flies' says activist Marguerite Barankitse
Humanitarian calls for international community to take action against President Pierre Nkurunziza continue.
Burundi crisis one year on: As many as 1,500 dead as international community shuts its eyes
FIDH Africa Desk Director speaks exclusively to IBTimes about 'long descent into the unspeakable'.
Burundi's missing victims: Families welcome ICC examination of serious crimes
Preliminary examination to decide on full investigation of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Tanzania to offer citizenship to Burundian refugees before 2017
Burundians are still fleeing the country, one year after the crisis began.
Human Rights Watch: Strong UN police force is only option to stop abuse in Burundi
Exclusive: Rights group slams most UN proposals as 'ineffective' and purposefully restrained.
Burundi: Families of execution victims lodge ICC complaint against attorney general
Families accuse Valentin Bagorikunda of threats and failing to look into assassinations.
Burundi tensions escalate in Mugamba as police detain dozens of civilians at unknown location
Mugamba, primarily Tutsi, saw protest movements against President Pierre Nkuzunziza's third mandate
Colonel Emmanuel Buzubona's death 'evidence of clear divisions in Burundi's army'
Colonel Buzubona is allegedly 'suspected of supporting opposition', IBTimes UK reveals.
Burundi: Comparing Human Rights Watch and President Nkurunziza's rights abuses inquiries
Summary of Burundi's official inquiry into allegations of extra-judicial executions by security forces.
Burundi: Independent international inquiry into executions needed, claims Human Rights Watch
'Burundi ignored widespread abuses by security forces' in 'flawed and biased' findings, says HRW.
The only radiotherapy machine treating cancer patients in Uganda is broken beyond repair
The machine donated in 1995 also treats patients from Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan.
Burundi human rights: UK urges Nkurunziza regime to stop abuse of prisoners
Britain also demanded full investigation into death of former Rwandan ambassador Jacques Bihozagara.
Burundi: Lawyer slams attorney general's warning to families not to submit evidence to ICC
60 families appealed to ICC to investigate alleged crimes against humanity committed in Burundi.
Burundi: Are the eight stages of genocide applicable to the nation's spiralling violence?
IBTimes UK spoke to Gregory Stanton about a 'potential genocide' in the African nation.