BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi’s army was deployed on Monday for the first time to quell street protests, putting the military into a precarious position amid persistent demonstrations against the ...

Violence from coordinated attacks on three Burundian army installations killed 87 people, an army spokesman said Saturday, showing the escalating turmoil over the disputed third term of President ...

BUJUMBURA, May 13 (Reuters) - A prominent Burundi army officer said on Wednesday he was dismissing President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose bid for a third term in office sparked more than two weeks of ...

The Burundi army on Sunday said it opposed a request by the African Union that it withdraw 1,000 soldiers serving in an African peacekeeping force in Somalia by February 28. Burundi army spokesman ...

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's national army said on Monday it would not intervene in the worst political crisis to grip the east African country since a 12-year civil war ended nearly a decade ago.

(Reuters) - Burundian soldiers, who have been fighting Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, were pulling out following the fall of the city of Bukavu, four sources, ...

Hutu rebels and the Tutsi-dominated army clashed in eastern Burundi on Tuesday, the first major violation of a month-old cease-fire. The army claimed 16 rebels were killed and 52 captured, but the ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group on Thursday sought to consolidate its control of a strategic DR Congo city near Burundi, where residents who did not flee the rapid advance spoke of their fears. M23 ...

Speaking at the end of an official visit to Burundi, Irene Khan said that the military commanders of units suspected to be responsible for human rights violations must be suspended pending full and ...