Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Amisia Aleko, who lives in the poorest area of the main city of the world’s poorest country, smiles when ...

Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Kenya Limited is selling its stake in its Burundi subsidiary, marking an exit from the market after 16 years. The listed bank said it will be selling its 83.67 percent stake ...

The railway promises to ease transport, open new investment opportunities and strengthen economic ties between the two nations. Credit: Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency. Tanzania ...

Burundi's parliamentary elections are underway, shadowed by concerns over fairness. The ruling CNDD-FDD party is heavily favored after the main opposition, CNL, faced significant obstacles, including ...

The impoverished, landlocked country in east Africa has seen decades of ethnic violence, civil war and authoritarian rule. A former rebel group, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy - ...

Burundi is holding elections for the National Assembly and local councils that have excluded the main opposition in one of the world’s poorest nations. Agathon Rwasa, whose faction was blocked from ...

Burundi is heading to the polls in a tightly controlled vote expected to favor the ruling party. The opposition has been blocked as the country faces deepening economic crisis. Voters in Burundi went ...

Burundians are set to vote Thursday in the country’s first legislative elections since 2020, when President Evariste Ndayishimiye assumed office. Voters will choose lawmakers to serve on the National ...

With support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), National Red Cross Societies in the DRC, ...

BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI – As conflict in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues, thousands are still crossing the border into Burundi in what has become the largest ...

The United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) decided in December 2024 to replace the current AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) with a smaller force – the AU Support and Stabilization Mission ...

The news that a large quantity of cassiterite and coltan ores has been found in a nature reserve in Burundi has led to widespread misunderstandings. Mining industry experts have been critical of the ...