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Flirting With Genocide in Burundi: Paying Attention Could Save Lives. Published Nov 18, 2015 at 1:36 PM EST Updated May 02, 2016 at 2:15 PM EDT.
Burundi is urging the United Nations to officially recognize the mass killings of Hutus in 1972–1973 as a genocide, over five ...
Before she was the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power was a journalist who wrote about genocide and mass atrocities from the Balkans to Darfur. Her Pulitzer Prize winning book: ‘A ...
Coach Almost Died in Burundi Genocide — Now He Spreads Hope: 'Vengeance Isn't the Solution' "You'd think he should be bitter and angry," says Jenna Bush Hager, one of Gilbert Tuhabonye's former ...
Barankitse lived through two genocides and has dedicated her life to helping orphaned children and Burundian refugees.
In a letter sent to the UN on April 14, 2015, the Campaign “Halt to the third term” warned of perpetration of international crimes in Burundi, including genocide. Recently, Ms. Marguerite Barankitse, ...
Chilling parallels exist between Burundi and Rwanda, where 800,000 died in the 1994 genocide.
A global human rights umbrella organization is urging Africa, Europe and the United Nations to send a civilian protection force to Burundi to prevent a possible civil war and genocide.
Twenty years ago today, Burundi's first democratically elected Hutu president was assassinated by Tutsi extremists. It sparked a genocide. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with survivor Gilbert ...