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RED-Tabara militants launch an attack in Buringa, Bubanza Province, Burundi, killing nine people and injuring five others. The local headquarters of the ruling CNDD–FDD party is also set on fire.
2024-02-26

The Burundi Human Rights Initiative (BHRI) accuses Burundi of sending troops into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to fight the RED-Tabara, a Burundian armed opposition group. The BHRI also accuses Burundi of supporting armed groups that oppose the DRC.
2022-07-27

One person is killed and four others injured in a hand grenade attack at a police post in Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
2022-07-7

Four Burundian soldiers are killed as their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Burane, Somalia. Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack.
2021-12-12

Burundi expels the country's top World Health Organization representative and three other experts coordinating the COVID-19 response. The government says they are "persona non grata" and must leave Burundi. They accused them of "interfering with the government response to the pandemic".
2020-05-14

Remains of 6,032 people are found with thousands of bullets in six mass graves in Karuzi Province, Burundi, the largest find yet of an excavation project into atrocities of the Burundian Civil War.
2020-02-14

Gambia says it will join South Africa and Burundi in withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, accusing the court of ignoring "Western war crimes" like the Kunduz hospital airstrike.
2016-10-26

Burundi's army chief General Prime Niyongabo survives an assassination attempt after armed men attacked his motorcade on a busy road in the capital, Bujumbura. Six people are killed in the attack.
2015-09-11

Voters in Burundi go to the polls for a presidential election amidst gunfire and violence with President Pierre Nkurunziza seeking a third term and opposition parties boycotting the election. At least two people have been killed in election violence.
2015-07-21

A presidential election takes place in Burundi with incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza as the only candidate. A series of grenade attacks also take place.
2010-06-28