Burundi

Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of a heart attack at age 56

More than 1,000 people in Burundi participated in a government-backed demonstration in the capital, Bujumbura, Saturday to protest France’s proposal passed by U.N. Security Council to deploy U.N. police to the country.

Burundi has been caught in a violent political nightmare since 2015.

Located in central Africa, the small nation of Burundi is on the brink of civil war once again.

Representatives of Burundi’s government and opposition began a mediated effort on Monday to end the country’s political violence. Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose decision to run for election to a third term triggered the bloodshed, was invited but wasn’t present at the opening ceremony. Proper negotiations will start in January.

Burundi’s fighting sides are to meet on December 28 in Uganda to discuss the country’s deadly political unrest, Uganda’s defense minister said Saturday.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Wednesday that Burundi is on the brink of a civil war that could engulf the region.

A team sent to investigate the ongoing crisis in Burundi received reports of torture, arbitrary killings, targeted assassinations, arbitrary arrests and detentions which are of “great concern,” the African Union said Tuesday.

The unfolding human tragedy in Burundi needs urgent intervention from the international community before it is too late.

A Burundian army official in says 87 people were killed in violence Friday when three military installations were attacked by armed men.

Burundi’s political violence escalated Saturday as 28 people were found shot dead in three neighborhoods in the capital, a day after the government said an unidentified group carried out coordinated attacks on three military installations.

At least nine people were killed in an overnight attack at a bar in the latest violence in Burundi’s capital, witnesses said Sunday, as security forces went door-to-door to disarm civilians in neighborhoods seen as opposition strongholds.

Burundi may have slipped off the world’s attention, but the crisis that erupted in May when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would seek a third term is far from being resolved.

Corruption, ethnic tensions, refugees, chaos could spread from small, poor Burundi after troubled election.

Gunfire rang out in Burundi’s capital Sunday night following the killing of a feared military general who was a close ally of President Pierre Nkurunziza