Burundi
AFJN Hosts Ambassador Jean Bosco Barege of the Republic of Burundi
On August 5, AFJN welcomed Ambassador Jean Bosco Barege of the Republic of Burundi and his team…
Anxiety as Tanzania Pressures Burundian Refugees to Return Home
The decision of Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term in 2015 triggered a…
A Problem within a Problem- Discrimination Against Pregnant Students Across Africa
In a place where education can already be so scarce, Sub-Saharan Africa cannot afford to discriminate education…
An Update on the Political and Humanitarian Crisis in Burundi
The political and humanitarian crisis in the East African country of Burundi has evolved along a dangerous…
Years After the Arusha Accords Burundian Democracy is Wavering
The implementation of the Arusha agreement in August2000 and the five-year development of a transitional government hinging…
The Current Situation on IDPs in Africa
In Africa, more than 13 million people are currently on the run in their own countries. We…
Straight Talk Africa Guest Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP, Ph.D., on Democracy in Burundi
Democracy is not about elections.
AFJN to US Government: Take African Presidential Term Limits Seriously
In his speach at the African Union on July 28, 2015, President Obama addressed a specific African…
US Position on the Burundian Crisis
Although Burundi is a strong US partner in the fight against terrorism in Somalia, the Obama administration…
Communiqué N0 2 of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi on Elections 2015
We expected that the ruling of the Constitutional Court was going to help improve the situation by…
President Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundi elections and an attempted military coup
On May 13 2015, some members of the Burundian army, led by the former Chief of Staff…
U.S. Congress: Don’t Cut Funding for Voice of America’s Central Africa Service Kirundi/Kinyarwanda Program
In a letter to members of the Budget Committee in the House and Senate about the proposal…
The Catholic Task Force for Africa Urges President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry to get involved in Burundi Political Crisis
The Catholic Task Force for Africa (CTFA) sent letters to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry urging them to use all diplomatic tools including making personal calls to Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza to encourage him to refrain from running for a third term.
The Second Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Burundi ahead of the 2015 Elections
We, the pastors of the Catholic Church of Burundi, aware of the peace agreements and the constitution…
The Murder of Catholic Nuns in Burundi is a Violation of African Taboo
The weekend of Sunday, September 7, 2014 saw abominable acts in Burundi as three Italian Catholic nuns,…
AFJN Food Security Toolkit
Food security is an important and dynamic issue in the study of Africa. Familiarize yourself with the…
Burundi: Preventing a Predictable Civil War
“Burundi has passed an important milestones on the path to peace, but the page of the conflict…
Burundi: Pierre Nkurunzia second term without the opposition, a concern
Since August 29, President Nkurunziza has formed a new government to serve with him during his second…
Promoting International Support for Community-Based Justice Mechanisms in Post-Conflict Burundi and Uganda
As part of AFJN’s ongoing research on restorative justice, staff members Bahati Jacques and Beth Tuckey wrote…
‘Greetings’ in Burundian Culture
Hearing Burundians greet each other and greet us in Kirundi got me curious about finding out the meaning of these daily greeting rituals. The finding is, astonishingly, a good ground on which Burundians can build bridges of reconciliation and recovery from the hurt caused by years of war.
In fact, greetings in Burundi are full of expressions of wishes for peace for individuals and for the whole community. In the morning, you say mwaramutse. It literally means ‘did you wake up?’ It can also mean ‘did you survive?’ This question is about surviving the unexpected challenges that can happen in the dark of the night.
