The withdrawal of US troops from Iraq left thousands of mercenaries from Uganda out of work. Now many of them have traded in their Pentagon paycheques for ones from the US State department. Meanwhile, four years after the murder of a French aid worker in Burundi, her sister is fighting to find out just how she died. Finally, a 75-year-old from Senegal proves it's never too late to release your first album.
The new chief prosecutor at the world's top criminal court is a female attorney from Gambia. We take a closer look at Fatou Bensouda. Meanwhile in Burundi, more and more opposition members and journalists are arrested, sometimes just for holding a microphone. Finally, we take a look at the nightmare scenario of a Somali fisherman who was mistaken for a pirate and imprisoned for three years.
Burundi is descending into violence. Attacks on villages and targeted assassinations are increasing. A new rebel group has been formed to challenge President Nkurunziza. Our reporters went to meet its leader in the mountains of South Kivu, in the DRC. This is the first time he has agreed to speak to journalists.
A group of gunmen burst into a bar in Burundi Sunday night and opened fire on the patrons, killing at least 36 people, witnesses and officials have said. The attack has sparked fears of reprisals that may drag the country back into civil war.
In Burundi the number of farmers is on the rise, but there is less and less land to be shared out. The country is facing a demographic time bomb. Land is becoming increasingly sought-after, creating conflicts between neighbours. These disputes are undermining the country’s recent national reconciliation.
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza named his new government on Monday following his party's victory in June legislative elections that the country's main opposition groups chose to boycott amid allegations of vote-rigging.
In this edition of culture, we speak to Italian prize-winning photographer Martina Bacigalupo. Eve Jackson talks to her about her human rights projects in East Africa.
President Pierre Nkurunziza's ruling party stood unopposed in Burundi's parliamentary polls on Friday, capping a drawn-out electoral process boycotted by the opposition and plagued by violence and tensions.
Five East African nations want to allow foreigners to travel among them with a single visa. Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda are negotiating the proposal, which is meant to stimulate the region’s economy.
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has been duly re-elected with 91.62% of the vote in a poll boycotted by the opposition in protest at alleged fraud.
