Burundi Burundi is a small landlocked country in Central Africa, sharing borders with Tanzania on the east, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) in the west, and Rwanda in the north. With a population of about 7.1 million in 2002 living in a land...

Republic of Burundi République du Burundi; Republika yu Burundi CAPITAL: Bujumbura FLAG: The national flag consists of a white circle in the center with arms extending to the four corners. The circle contains three red stars. Upper and lower...

Burundi POPULATION 6,373,002 ROMAN CATHOLIC 62 percent AFRICAN INDIGENOUS BELIEFS 23 percent PROTESTANT 13 percent MUSLIM 2 percent Country Overview Introduction The Republic of Burundi is a small Central African country between Rwanda, the Democratic...

Burundi (pronounced [buˈɾundi]), officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country in the Great Lakes region of Africa. It is bordered by Rwanda on the north, Tanzania on the south and east, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west....

After more than a decade in refugee camps, Jean Kayobera was ready to come home.He longed to see his house, although he heard it had been taken over by another family during the Central African nation's 12-year civil war. He wanted to see his family,...

A group of 88 Burundians who have lived as refugees in neighboring Tanzania for up to 35 years on Friday became the first of some 8,500 to head to the United States for a new life.The U.N. refugee agency said the Burundians flew from Kibondo...

The level of gender-based sexual violence has reached appalling levels in eastern Congo and Burundi and stronger efforts are needed to ostracize perpetrators of such crimes, the U.N. human rights chief said Thursday.Louise Arbour, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said corrupt justice systems...