By Breaking Burundi August 21, 2026 CNIDH says its prison visits uncovered widespread violations, including unlawful detention and cases involving civilians held for non-criminal offenses. Martin Blaise Nyaboho says 135 detainees were held beyond legal limits / CNIDH Burundi’s National Independent Human Rights Commission has said violations of human rights persist in the country, citing arbitrary and prolonged detentions, abductions, enforced disappearances and alleged abuses by police...

By Francine Iradukunda September 16, 2026 The appeal follows a crackdown on small-scale foreign traders in Kenya that affected mostly Burundian nationals and was followed by reports of violence, prompting the groups to demand stronger regional safeguards for Africans moving across the continent. Four Burundian civil society groups call for stronger action against xenophobia in Africa / Jimbere A group of Burundian civil society organisations has called on the African Union to take action...