The people of Burundi have massively adopted a new constitution that allows the current president to remain in power until 2034. The election committee announced the results on Monday.
An armed gang attacked a village in Burundi and killed at least 26 inhabitants. At least eight other people were injured by this attack on the Ruhagarika resort, close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. That is what the Burundian Minister of Public Safety Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni announced on Saturday.
In Burundi, the Environment Minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru (54) Sunday shot. He was, according to the police in the capital, Bujumbura, on the way home under attack by an unknown gunman. A woman who accompanied the minister has been detained for questioning.
The African country Burundi wants from the International Criminal Court (ICC) steps. A majority of the Burundian parliament voted Wednesday to withdraw from the court in The Hague.
Burundi has three investigators from the United Nations that have been critical about the human rights situation refused entry to the country. That the BBC reports Tuesday.
Burundi refuses a police force of the United Nations to be admitted to the country. The UN last Friday approved the deployment of a police force. The police should keep the security and human rights situation in the gaps in the country. In total, the force should be composed of 228 agents.
The Government of Burundi has promised to release 2000 prisoners. That UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday after talks with President Pierre Nkurunziza in Bujumbura. Nkurunziza also has agreed to go to the table with all political parties to discuss the issues.
Increased violence in Burundi takes alarming proportions, the United Nations warned Friday. The High Commissioner for Refugees of the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, pointed Friday to sexual violence by security forces and by a sharp increase in the number of disappearances and torture.
At the attacks by armed rebels in the capital of Burundi Friday nearly ninety deaths. Burundi 's army has reported Saturday.
When fighting around three military bases in the capital of Burundi Friday least seven deaths. Two soldiers and five rebels were killed when government opponents attacks launched at the locations.
