Reports

The United States announces more than $31 million in additional life-saving humanitarian assistance for refugees from Burundi, Congolese refugees living in Burundi, and others in Burundi who are food insecure. This new funding brings the total…

Appeal Target: US$ 2,151,000 Balanced Requested: US$ 2,151,000 Geneva, 10 March 2016 Dear Colleagues, The situation in Burundi remains volatile with increased reports of abductions and killings within the country’s capital, Bujumbura. Human Rights Watch has documented an alarming new…

APERÇU DE LA CRISE La population du Burundi est de plus en plus affectée par l’impact néfaste de la crise politique qui a débuté en avril 2015, en particulier la violence qu’elle a générée et la détérioration…

OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS Burundi’s population is increasingly affected by the adverse impact of the political crisis, which began in April 2015, in particular the violence it has generated and the deterioration in the socioeconomic context. Humanitarian…

Total affected population: 280,000 Total affected children (under 18): 151,200 Total people to be reached in 2016: 165,120 Total children to be reached in 2016: 104,500 2016 programme targets Tanzania • 2,860 children under 5 years suffering from SAM admitted to therapeutic…

KIGINA, Burundi – When the political upheaval began, it was close to the end of her seventh year of school at the College of Kigina. KY, 15, an only child who lived alone with her mother,…

By Patsy Nakell A mother in Burundi sends her children out of the country to protect them from rising violence. When they fall ill, she is forced to make the journey herself KIRUNDO, Burundi, 5 June 2015 –…

Bujumbura, 15 April 2015 Good afternoon, and thank you for coming. With a series of pivotal elections scheduled to take place between May and August, this is a critical moment in Burundi’s history, and I am very grateful…

Les volontaires de la Branche Kirundo s’impliquent activement dans la prévention des violences basées sur le genre (VBG). Ils veulent apporter la pierre à l’édifice dans cette province où les cas des violences basées…

Emery Minani is a 31 years old ex-combatant who was born in Gitega, central Burundi. He was 13 years old when he was forced to join the rebels in 1996. “I firstly joined the CNDD (National…