Border regions in countries neighbouring DRC raise alert levels and screening measures as the mpox virus spreads.
With women killed at alarming rates in Kenya, is the government doing enough to end gender-based violence?
President Ndayishimiye accuses Rwanda of backing DRC-based armed group Red Tabara against his government.
It is the second attack in two weeks by the RED-Tabara rebels, who have been largely inactive inside Burundi since 2021.
Africa, which contributes just 4 percent of global CO2 emissions, will suffer the most from climate change.
Authorities arrest Alain Guillaume Bunyoni seven months after his sacking in a high-level political purge.
Sunday’s incident comes a day after leaders of the East African Community held a summit on the DRC crisis, in Burundi.
President Ndayishimiye gave no reasons for the replacement but had warned of a coup against his government last week.
There are more than 120 armed groups active in the DRC, driving longstanding conflict in the country.
Burundi has been sending troops and civilians into DRC to fight Burundian opposition armed groups in secret mission.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has declared the situation in DR Congo to be the world’s most neglected refugee crisis.
The current diplomatic spat seems to have been triggered by fighting between M23 and state forces in eastern DRC.
In DR Congo, the most-neglected country on list for 2nd year running, a third of the population went hungry last year.
The rights group says authorities have responded to attacks nationwide with a heavy-handed approach.
