Detentions, torture, and the extra judicial killings of government opponents is prevalent in Burundi, and a threat to returning refugees.

Nearly 1,200 fearful Burundian refugees have fled their tiny central African nation for Tanzania since the beginning of September. More than 500 of them have arrived over the last week alone, sparking ...

DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanzania Jan 28 (UNHCR) - A new border crossing point to bring Burundi refugees home from camps in Tanzania opened this morning for a first trial convoy of 983 returning refugees, ...

Tanzania and Burundi broke ground on a long-promised cross-border railway linking East Africa’s landlocked regions to the port of Dar es Salaam. The $2.15 billion 282-kilometer (175-mile) electrified ...

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Tanzania hit Burundi 2-0 on the second day of the East Africa Military Games at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, yesterday. Ayubu Kitala scored first for the winners in the 73rd minute ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Cholera and severe diarrhea have broken out among tens of thousands of refugees from Burundi who are jammed into a village in Tanzania on the edge of Lake Tanganyika, with the ...

Dar es Salaam: Tanzania said Tuesday it will grant citizenship to some 200,000 refugees from neighbouring Burundi, a move hailed by the UN refugee agency. "Those to be granted citizenship are refugees ...

NAIROBI, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The African Development Bank has approved over $696 million in financing for a rail project to link Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the bank said.

Burundi's government on Friday asked Tanzania to arrest several leaders of the main opposition attending peace talks in Arusha in a bid to resolve a nearly two-year political crisis. The talks are the ...

BUJUMBURA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Tanzania said exiled leaders of a Burundi rebel group may have to leave unless they agree to return to a joint ceasefire monitoring team. The Forces for National ...