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Burundi: International Conference: "Without justice there can be no peace in Burundi"
Burundi: International Conference brings together experts as crisis deepens
Burundi: Families officially request UN and ICC investigate crimes against humanity
EXCLUSIVE: Lawyers request ICC and UN collaborate to collect evidence of extra-judicial executions.
Is Burundi really the most unhappy nation in the world?
UN survey ranks Burundi as least happy places on earth to live amid deadly political crisis
World Happiness Report 2016: Burundi tops the 13 unhappiest countries on Earth list
Burundi has been rated the world's least happy country to live in, along with nine other sub-Saharan African countries and Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen.
World Happiness Report: Denmark tops list while UK doesn't even reach top 20
Burundi and Syria are placed at the bottom of the rankings.
Burundi: Archbishop of Canterbury visit criticised amid calls to 'forgive'
A number of Burundians claimed the cleric should 'stay out of Burundian affairs'.
Burundi: Foreign journalists helped cover up mass graves a government official claims
Authorities claim to have discovered a mass grave with 30 corpses in Mutakura.
Burundi: African Union's actions 'limited by Jacob Zuma's interests in the region' claims opposition
Opposition questioned South African Zuma's proposed solution to resolve the Burundi crisis.
Burundi: 'There are no more rules and no one cares' says Bujumbura resident amid abuses
Government forces and ruling party treating suspected opponents with 'extreme cruelty and viciousness'.
Burundi: Dozens dead and hundreds injured in latest grenade attacks 'linked to rebels' says MSF
Rebels FOREBU and RED-Tabara are behind targeted killings according to Human Rights Watch.
Amnesty International: From DRC to China, human rights are under severe attack
Rights group claims thousands face violence at the hands of governments and militant groups in 2015.
Burundi: Opposition questions President Nkurunziza's promises to UN Secretary General
IBTimes UK asks opposition, human rights defenders and local residents their opinion on UN visit.
Burundi: President Nkurunziza agrees to release of 2,000 prisoners and 'inclusive dialogue'
Ban Ki-moon on official visit as part of ongoing UN efforts at resolving Burundi's political crisis.
Burundi: Blogger collective Yaga celebrates first anniversary amid raging 'civil war'
EXCLUSIVE: IBTimes UK speaks to collective's founder about blogging to testify civil war.
Rwanda: Decision to expel refugees 'diverts attention from Burundi's real, bloody issue'
EXCLUSIVE: Marie Louise Baricako and Vital Nshimirimana slam international community's inaction.
Rwanda: Government to start 'relocating' Burundian refugees to third countries
Decision comes days after US criticised 'Rwanda's destabilising activities' in Burundi
DRC: 'Political crisis building' as general strike planned to force Kabila's resignation
'Human suffering could dwarf' what has taken place in Burundi, US Special Envoy Tom Perriello warns.
Burundi: Who are the five heads of state pressed to convince Nkurunziza to accept peacekeepers?
IBTimes UK profiles the five heads of state and analyses what impact they may have on Nkurunziza.
Burundi: British Le Monde journalist says he was arrested 'for no reason' by regime
Philip Edward Moore has spoken about his 'baseless' detention for the first time.
Burundi: Rwanda accused of training Burundian rebels, UN experts claim
UN experts claims leaked memo accuses Rwanda of recruiting and training Burundian refugees.
African Union Summit: Conflicts plaguing the continent high on the agenda
AU leaders discussed terrorism in Libya, violence in Burundi and withdrawing from the ICC
Burundi: Activists call for African Union to impose sanctions after its scraps deployment plan
Opposition described decision of AU as 'a total deception' and warned of potential violence
Burundi: Use political dialogue to end crisis not peacekeepers says African Union
African Union drops plan to send 5,000 troops to stop Burundi from spiralling into anarchy.
Burundi: Five questions to Amnesty International about possible mass graves in Bujumbura
Amnesty claims mass burial sites used to cover-up killings are 'surveilled' by men.
Burundi: AFP slams arrest of Le Monde journalists, recently freed
UPDATE: Jean-Philippe Rémy and Phil Moore were released by Burundian regime in Bujumbura
Burundi: arrested Le Monde journalists 'still detained' suggests sources
UPDATE: Human Rights Watch urges for liberation of Jean-Philippe Rémy and Philip Edward Moore
Burundi: 'There is no genocide under way', claims award-winning journalist Roland Rugero
'Manipulations and misrepresentations of reality have always fuelled conflict in Burundi' he said.
Burundi: President Nkurunziza envoy meets Zimbabwe's President Mugabe ahead of AU Summit
Envoy Ndayishimiye said there is no need to send troops to Burundi because peace prevailed.
Ivory Coast: Former President Laurent Gbagbo's ICC trial 'gives hope to Burundians'
Gbagbo is charged with crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and persecution.
Burundi: Growing fears over rights activist Marie-Claudette Kwizera's disappearance
Forceful arrest of Ligue Iteka's treasurer prompts #FreeMarieClaudette campaign.