Two people have been killed in new protests in Burundi against the president’s re-election bid. The BBC’s Maud Jullien says she saw Red Cross workers move away the bodies. She previously saw the police fire live rounds at the demonstrators. The protests had started peacefully but got out of hand when protestors started […]
Burundi has unexpectedly closed its national university in the wake of political protests against the nomination of incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term. Reports say the university in Bujumbura shut its doors on Thursday and sent home the students living in residence halls on campus. At least five people have died […]
Media caption Maud Jullien reports from Bujumbura on the protests against the president’s decision to run for another term Messaging services including Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter and Tango have been cut off in Burundi amid protests over the president seeking a third term. The regulator ordered telecoms operators to block mobile access to certain sites, reports […]
As tensions mount in Burundi ahead of presidential elections, journalists and activists say they are paying an increasingly heavy price as standard bearers for free speech. Civil rights in the small Great Lakes nation, they say, are on the decline – sacrificed at the altar of President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial ambition to defy a two-term […]