AllAfrica News: Burundi

[New Times] Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, Maxime Prévot, recently dismissed allegations that Brussels is arming Burundi to wage war against Rwanda, calling them false and entirely unfounded. He went further, warning that such claims serve those who seek to inflame tensions and undermine peace efforts.

[UN News] Nearly 7.5 million children across the Central Sahel region in Africa are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance - "an emergency that remains too far from the attention of the international community," a senior official with the UN child rights agency UNICEF has said.

[Daily Trust] Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye has been named as the candidate of his ruling party for the presidential election due to be held next year, the party said on Sunday.

[New Times] The Burundian Minister for Media and Communication, Gabby Bugaga was found dead in the morning of Thursday, April 16, according to media reports from the neighbouring country.

[Capital FM] Cairo, Egypt -- The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) volleyball team delivered a brutal masterclass on Day Two of the 2026 CAVB Women's African Volleyball Club Championship, overpowering Burundi's Gender Light Club (GLC) in a lopsided Pool B encounter.