Burundian Police Arrest Thierry Ndayishimiye, Chief Editor of the Private Weekly Arc-en-Ciel

Less than one month after arresting Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, editor of the private news website Net Press, the Burundian police have arrested Thierry Ndayishimiye, chief editor of the private weekly Arc-en-Ciel, on defamation charges related to a story...

Burundi Opposition Leader Explains His Week-long ‘disappearance’

The Chairman of the National Liberation Forces (FNL), the former Burundian rebels, Agathon Rwasa, broke his week-long silence to express the reasons for his flight. In a recorded broadcast in a private radio station, Radio Publique Africaine, broadcast...

ANALYSIS: Burundi’s Election Wobbles

Allegations of massive fraud during May’s local elections in Burundi have cast a shadow over the country’s democratic transition, prompting international calls for compromise rather than confrontation.

Rwanda Hands Over East African Community Chairmanship to Tanzania

The Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who has been the chairman of the East African Community (EAC) for more than one year, has handed over the regional leadership mantle to his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Kikwete at the 11th EAC summit in Arusha. Kikwete...