Burundi - Wikipedia
WEBBurundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern ...
Burundi | History, Geography, & Culture | Britannica
WEB3 days ago · Burundi, country in east-central Africa, south of the Equator. The landlocked country , a historic kingdom, is one of the few countries in Africa whose borders were not determined by colonial rulers.
Burundi country profile - BBC News
WEBJul 31, 2023 · Burundi, one of the world's poorest nations, is struggling to emerge from a 12-year, ethnic-based civil war. The country's early history and role of the three main ethnic groups - the Twa, Hutu...
Burundi - World Factbook Glyph
WEBMay 30, 2024 · Burundi’s two major ethnic groups, the majority Hutu and minority Tutsi, share a common language and culture and largely lived in peaceful cohabitation under Tutsi monarchs in pre-colonial Burundi. Regional, class, and clan distinctions contributed to social status in the Burundi Kingdom, yielding a complex class structure.
Burundi Maps & Facts - World Atlas
WEBJun 14, 2023 · Burundi, a small but geographically diverse country, nestles in East Africa's Great Lakes region. With an area of approximately 10,745 square miles (27,830 square kilometers), it shares its borders with three countries: Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
Burundi - Country Profile - Nations Online Project
WEBBurundi is a small nation in east-central Africa's Great Lakes region. Burundi's first democratically elected president was assassinated in October 1993 after only one hundred days in office. Since then, some 200,000 Burundians have perished in widespread, often intense ethnic violence between Hutu and Tutsi factions.
World Report 2024: Burundi | Human Rights Watch
WEBBurundi punishes consensual same-sex sexual relations between adults with up to two years in prison under article 567 of the penal code.
Torture, killings, lawlessness, still blight Burundi’s rights record
WEBSep 16, 2021 · Despite a pledge by President Evariste Ndayishimiye to address the situation in the country after years of violent repression, crimes including arbitrary detention and execution, torture and...
Burundi - The World Factbook
WEBDec 20, 2021 · Burundi gained its independence from Belgium in 1962 as the Kingdom of Burundi. Revolution in neighboring Rwanda stoked ethnic polarization as the Tutsi increasingly feared violence and loss of political power.
Burundi summary | Britannica
WEBBurundi , officially Republic of Burundi, Country, east-central Africa. Area: 10,747 sq mi (27,834 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 13,439,000. Capital: Bujumbura. The population is divided primarily between the approximately four-fifths who are Hutu and the approximately one-fifth who are Tutsi.